Federal elections were 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 .

Sep 27, 1998 · As of main election on 26 September 2021 Magazine: Results of earlier elections to the German Bundestag – only in German Tables: Final results by constituencies for all Bundestag elections

On 27 September 1998 Germans elected a new national parliament for the fourteenth time since the 1949 founding of the Federal Republic. For the first time in the Republic’s history, their ballots removed an entire incumbent coalition and chancellor. This …

In the 1998 general elections, the ruling coalition comprising the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party known as the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) was once again primarily challenged by the …

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In the Parliamentary Election in Deutschland 1998, 5 parties entered parliament: SPD with 298 seats, CDU/CSU with 245 seats, Grüne with 47 seats, FDP with 43 seats and PDS with 36 seats.

Jul 1, 1999 · Grasping the 1998 federal election in Germany, which produced the most significant vote swing between the major parties since the 1950s, scholars have pointed out the failed attempts by the...

Sep 23, 2024 · German federal elections took place on 27 September 1998, to elect members to the 14th Bundestag, the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany. Since the German reunification on 3 October 1990, the unemployment rate in Germany had risen from 4.2 to 9.4 in 1998, with the Federal Labor Office r

Gerhard Schröder's sweeping defeat of Helmut Kohl ushered in a new era for Germany, Europe and the world. BBC News Online's coverage of the historic election: Results . Kohl's long reign ends...

The federal election held in Germany on 27 September 1998 marked the end of the Kohl era. It was one of the closest-fought postwar elections, which made the result difficult to predict and the election evening extremely exciting.