1980 Besmenian federal election

1980 Besmenian federal election

August 3, 1980
427 seats 214 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   File:Martin Beiter4.png Leader Martin Beiter Robert Gleitzmann Friedrich von Benger Party Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Besmenian People's Party Social Democratic Union Leader since 22 March 1980 31 March 1967 28 May 1976 Leader's seat Trissia Trissia Sedakania   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Konrad Berger Norbert Nadelmann Party Besmenian Republican Party Green Party of Besmenia Leader since 20 September 1969 30 April 1978 Leader's seat Lower Besmenia Laitstadt

The 1980 Besmenian federal election were held in Besmenia on 3 August 1980, to elect the 16th Federal Chamber. The Free Besmenian Citizen's Party emerged as the largest faction in the Federal Chamber for the first time since 1952, with its leader Martin Beiter becoming Prime Minister.

Campaign

The 1980 election campaign was dominated by the feud between Beiter and Gleitzmann. Beiter criticized Gleitzmann's resistance to Besmenian's accession to the Coalition of Crown Albatross, while Gleitzmann criticized Beiter for being too young.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	16,870,098	34,6	153
	Besmenian People's Party	16,041,220	32,9	145
	Social Democratic Union	8,093,746	16,6	73
	Besmenian Republican Party	3,705,570	7,6	34
	Green Party of Besmenia	2,486,632	5,1	22
	Other parties	1,511,482	3,1	0
Invalid/blank votes		48,757	0,1	–
Total		48,757,505	100	427
Registered voters/turnout		50,697,109	96,2	–

Popular vote FBBP   34.6% BVP   32.9% SDU   16.6% BRP   7.6% GPB   5.1% Other parties   3.1%