Kai-Uwe von Hassel was elected President of the Bundestag with 411 yes votes, 72 no votes and 34 abstentions on 20 October 1969. This corresponded to 79,5% of the vote. A better result than in his first election in February 1969 after the resignation of his predecessor
Eugen Gerstenmaier.[4]
Composition of the Bundestag
Although the CDU/CSU remained the largest party in the Bundestag the SPD and FDP formed a coalition government with Willy Brandt becoming the frist SPD Chancellor in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. The CDU/CSU won 242 seats as well as eight non-voting delegates from
West Berlin. The SDP increased their seat count to 224 as well as 13 non-voting delegates from West Berlin while the FDP barley remained in the Bundestag. They got 30 seats as well as one non-voting delegate from West Berlin. Due to changes in the parliamentary caucauses the SPD/FDP coalition lost their majority with resulted in a constructive vote of no confidence. However Willy Brandt remained in power due to the dissent of two members of the Bundestag.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Summary
This summary includes changes in the numbers of the three caucuses (
CDU/
CSU,
SPD,
FDP):
Time
Reason of change
CDU/CSU
SPD
FDP
Others
Total number
1969
First meeting
242
224
30
496
9 October 1970
Erich Mende leaves the FDP caucus and becomes member of the CDU/CSU caucus
243
29
9 October 1970
Heinz Starke leaves the FDP caucus and becomes member of the CDU/CSU caucus
244
28
9 October 1970
Siegfried Zoglmann leaves the FDP caucus and becomes guest member of the CDU/CSU caucus
^Although this was (and still is) the official name of the country. It was commonly referred to as West Germany
^
abDuring the existence of
West Germany the
Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin elected representitves to the Bundestag for
West Berlin. But since they were prohibited by an international treaty to participate in Germanys legislative process, their votes were trivial.
References
^"Kai-Uwe von Hassel". Geschichte der CDU (in German). 1913-04-20. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
Kai-Uwe von Hassel was elected President of the Bundestag with 411 yes votes, 72 no votes and 34 abstentions on 20 October 1969. This corresponded to 79,5% of the vote. A better result than in his first election in February 1969 after the resignation of his predecessor
Eugen Gerstenmaier.[4]
Composition of the Bundestag
Although the CDU/CSU remained the largest party in the Bundestag the SPD and FDP formed a coalition government with Willy Brandt becoming the frist SPD Chancellor in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. The CDU/CSU won 242 seats as well as eight non-voting delegates from
West Berlin. The SDP increased their seat count to 224 as well as 13 non-voting delegates from West Berlin while the FDP barley remained in the Bundestag. They got 30 seats as well as one non-voting delegate from West Berlin. Due to changes in the parliamentary caucauses the SPD/FDP coalition lost their majority with resulted in a constructive vote of no confidence. However Willy Brandt remained in power due to the dissent of two members of the Bundestag.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Summary
This summary includes changes in the numbers of the three caucuses (
CDU/
CSU,
SPD,
FDP):
Time
Reason of change
CDU/CSU
SPD
FDP
Others
Total number
1969
First meeting
242
224
30
496
9 October 1970
Erich Mende leaves the FDP caucus and becomes member of the CDU/CSU caucus
243
29
9 October 1970
Heinz Starke leaves the FDP caucus and becomes member of the CDU/CSU caucus
244
28
9 October 1970
Siegfried Zoglmann leaves the FDP caucus and becomes guest member of the CDU/CSU caucus
^Although this was (and still is) the official name of the country. It was commonly referred to as West Germany
^
abDuring the existence of
West Germany the
Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin elected representitves to the Bundestag for
West Berlin. But since they were prohibited by an international treaty to participate in Germanys legislative process, their votes were trivial.
References
^"Kai-Uwe von Hassel". Geschichte der CDU (in German). 1913-04-20. Retrieved 2023-07-14.