1998 German federal election

1998 German federal election
27 September 1998 (1998-09-27)
All 669 seats in the Bundestag
335 seats needed for a majority
Registered60,762,751 ( 0.5%)
Turnout82.2% ( 3.2 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Gerhard Schröder Helmut Kohl Joschka Fischer
Party SPD CDU/CSU Greens
Last election 36.4%, 252 seats 41.4%, 294 seats 7.3%, 49 seats
Seats won 298 245 47
Seat change 46 49 2
Popular vote 20,181,269 17,329,388 3,301,624
Percentage 40.9% 35.1% 6.7%
Swing 4.5 pp 6.3 pp 0.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Wolfgang Gerhardt Lothar Bisky
Party FDP PDS
Last election 6.9%, 47 seats 4.4%, 30 seats
Seats won 43 36
Seat change 4 6
Popular vote 3,080,955 2,515,454
Percentage 6.2% 5.1%
Swing 0.7 pp 0.7 pp
Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.
Government before election

Fifth Kohl cabinet
CDU/CSU–FDP

 Government after election

First Schröder cabinet
SPD–Green

The 1998 German federal election was held in Germany on 27 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Bundestag. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) emerged as the largest faction in parliament for the first time since 1972, with its leader Gerhard Schröder becoming chancellor. The Christian Democrats had their worst election result since 1949.

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