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September 27, 1998 Bundestag Election Results - Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia)

 Registered Electors    13,086,397     
 Voters    10,984,476  83.9%   

 
  First Vote
(Erststimme)
  Second Vote
(Zweitstimme)

 Blank or Invalid Ballots    139,981  1.3%      114,941  1.0%    
 Valid Votes    10,844,495  98.7%      10,869,535  99.0%    

 

Party First
Votes
 % Direct
 Seats 
Second
Votes
 % List
 Seats 
Total
 Seats 

 Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)    5,447,132  50.2  53    5,097,425  46.9  19  72 
 Christian Democratic Union (CDU)    4,210,718  38.8  18    3,669,024  33.8  34  52 
 Free Democratic Party (F.D.P.)    310,354  2.9    789,745  7.3  11  11 
 Alliance 90/The Greens    546,021  5.0    745,911  6.9  11  11 
 Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)    81,199  0.7    131,550  1.2 
 The Republicans    158,578  1.5    113,608  1.0 
 German People's Union (DVU)            98,732  0.9 
 Others    90,493  0.8    223,540  2.1