1980 Besmenian federal election

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1980 Besmenian federal election
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← 1976 13 January 1980 1981 →

427 seats
214 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Martin Beiter.jpg Helmut Schmidt (13.07.1977).jpg Manfred Abelein.jpg
Candidate Martin Beiter Robert Gleitzmann Friedrich Bender
Party FBBP BVP SDU
Leader since 28 July 1979 31 March 1969 28 September 1977
Leader's seat Metakumburg Laitstadt Tergau
Percentage 31,2% 30,6% 14,9%
Swing Increase 8,1pp Decrease 6,7pp Decrease 5,4pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Verteidigungsminister Georg Leber.jpg Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F065084-0002, Bonn, Pressekonferenz der Grünen, Bundestagswahl.jpg
Candidate Konrad Berger Norbert Nadelmann
Party BRP GPB
Leader since 18 August 1970 30 April 1978
Leader's seat Sedakania Laitstadt
Percentage 10,3% 5,6%
Swing Decrease 0,5pp New party

The 1980 Besmenian federal election were held in Besmenia on January 13, 1980, to elect the 16th Federal Chamber.

Background

Electoral system

Contesting parties

Prime Minister candidate of the parties

BVP

FBBP

SDU

BRP

GPB

BELP

Campaign

TV debates

Results

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Party Votes % Seats
Free Besmenian Citizen's Party 15,177,652 31,2 144
Besmenian People's Party 14,885,774 30,6 141
Social Democratic Union 7,248,301 14,9 69
Besmenian Republican Party 5,010,571 10,3 47
Green Party of Besmenia 2,724,193 5,6 26
Besmenian Libertarian Party 1,799,913 3,7 0
Other parties 1,605,328 3,3 0
Invalid/blank votes 194,585 0,4
Total 48,646,317 100 427
Registered voters 60,965,345 79,79%
Popular vote
FBBP
31.2%
BVP
30.6%
SDU
14.9%
BRP
10.3%
GPB
5.6%
BELP
3.7%
Other parties
3.3%

Government formation

With the entry of the GPB, neither a new BVP-BRP coalition (188 seats) nor a FBBP-SDU coalition (213 seats) achieved the required majority of 214 seats in the Federal Chamber. Only an FBBP-BVP coalition (285 seats) would have had a governable majority in parliament. There were also attempts by the BVP to form a BVP-BRP minority government with the tolerance of the conservative GPB, or to form a BVP-BRP-GPB coalition (214 seats). However, the GPB announced that it would not work with or support the right-wing populist BRP.

Aftermatch