1979 European Parliament election in West Germany
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An election of the delegation from West Germany to the first directly elected European Parliament was held in 1979.
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All 81 German seats in the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 65.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The CDU/CSU won a plurality of the German seats in the European Parliament, which they retained in every subsequent election as of 2022.
Results
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| SOC | Social Democratic Party | 11,370,045 | 40.83 | 34 | ||
| EPP | Christian Democratic Union | 10,883,085 | 39.08 | 32 | ||
| EPP | Christian Social Union | 2,817,120 | 10.12 | 8 | ||
| LD | Free Democratic Party | 1,662,621 | 5.97 | 4 | ||
| NI | The Greens | 893,683 | 3.21 | 0 | ||
| NI | German Communist Party | 112,055 | 0.40 | 0 | ||
| NI | Christian Bavarian People's Party | 45,311 | 0.16 | 0 | ||
| NI | European Workers' Party | 31,822 | 0.11 | 0 | ||
| NI | Centre Party | 31,367 | 0.11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27,847,109 | 100.00 | 78 | |||
| Valid votes | 27,847,109 | 99.10 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 251,763 | 0.90 | ||||
| Total votes | 28,098,872 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 42,751,940 | 65.73 | ||||
| Source: Federal Statistics Office | ||||||
West Berlin, due to its special status, was ineligible to participate in the election.[2] Instead, the city legislature indirectly elected three members:
| Party or alliance | Seats | |||
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| EPP | Christian Democratic Union | 2 | ||
| SOC | Social Democratic Party | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | |||
| Source: Wahlen-in-Deutschland.de | ||||
