The Lower Saxony state election, 1998, was conducted on March 1, 1998, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Lower Saxony, Germany.
[edit] Issues and Campaign
[edit] Results
| Party |
Party List votes |
Vote percentage |
Total Seats |
Seat percentage |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
2,068,477 |
47.9% (+3.6) |
83 (+2) |
52.9% |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
1,549,227 |
35.9% (-0.5) |
62 (-5) |
39.5% |
| Alliance '90/The Greens |
304,193 |
7.0% (-0.4) |
12 (-1) |
7.6% |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
209,610 |
4.9% (+0.5) |
0 (=) |
0.0% |
| The Republicans |
118,975 |
2.8% (-0.9) |
0 (=) |
0.0% |
| All Others |
64,450 |
1.5% (-2.3) |
0 (=) |
0.0% |
| Totals |
4,314,932 |
100.0% |
157 (-4) |
100.0% |
[edit] Post-election
SPD vote rises up. So Prime Minister Gerhard Schröder (SPD) was able to form an SPD government again. A few days after election Schröder was nominated as candidate for chancellorship for the federal elections in the same year by his party.
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