1968 Besmenian federal election

1968 Besmenian federal election

14 January 1968
427 seats 214 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Johannes Schmidt Helmut Glaubrecht Jürgen Rothmann Party SDU BVP FBBP Leader since 6 February 1960 17 June 1962 28 November 1963 Leader's seat Metakumburg Neidenstein-Sulzburg Summingia Percentage 30,1% 29,2% 16,9% Swing 4,4pp 1,5pp 2,0pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Reinhard Heide Horst Lommberg Hans Logemann Party BRP DB BELP Leader since 4 May 1957 1 July 1966 13 September 1965 Leader's seat Laitstadt Zollingia Summingia Percentage 8,4% 6,8% 6,2% Swing 3,6pp New party New party

The 1968 Besmenia federal election was held on January 14, 1968 in Besmenia.

It was the first election to the Federal Chamber after the Besmenian reunification in September 1967. It was also the first ever snap election in the history of the Federal Republic of Besmenia, after the Besmenian government under Prime Minister Johannes Schmidt decided to hold the elections originally held in September 1968 in January 1968 in order to democratically integrate West Besmenia into parliament as quickly as possible. This was possible after the Federal Chamber decided in 1960 to allow snap elections. Before that, the Basic Law did not allow snap elections.

The parties SDU, BVP, FBBP and BRP previously represented in the Federal Chamber all lost votes. The new parties DB and BELP managed to enter parliament by clearing the 5% hurdle.

Particularities

For the first time West Besmenia was eligible to vote through reunification. The statutory membership of the Federal Chamber was increased to 427 MPs.

Results

Popular vote SDU   30.7% BVP   29.2% FBBP   16.9% BRP   8.4% DB   6.8% BELP   6.2% Other parties   2.1%

Government formation

The previous SDU-BVP coalition was continued after the 1968 election.