Chancellor Helmut Schmidt voting in Hamburg, Germany
Oct. 10, 1980 - Election of Federal diet in West Germany : the elections of the 9th German Federal Diet, which has been expected with tension, took place, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was confirmed in his post, although he didn't get essentially more votes for his party, the SPD, than in the year 1976 (0.4% more voices than four years ago). Their partner of coalition, the FDP, under the former highest percentage of votes (10.5 % in comparison with 7.9% four years ago). The CDU/CSU with their chancellor-candidate Franz Josef Strauss complained of losses in the high of 4%. This party reached 44.6% of all votes and thus it continued being the most powerful parliamentary group in the German federal diet. Photo shows Chancellor Helmut Schmidt voting in Hamburg, West Germany
