2010 German presidential election

2010 German presidential election
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Nominee Christian Wulff Joachim Gauck
Party CDU Independent
Home state Lower-Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Electoral vote 600 (1st round)
615 (2nd round)
625 (3rd round) 		499 (1st round)
490 (2nd round)
494 (3rd round)
Percentage 50.2% 39.7%
Nominators CDU/CSU, FDP SPD, Grüne, SSW
President before election

Jens Böhrnsen (Acting)
SPD

Elected President

Christian Wulff
CDU

An indirect presidential election (officially the 14th Federal Convention) was held in Germany on 30 June 2010 following the resignation of Horst Köhler as president of Germany on 31 May 2010.[1][2] Christian Wulff, the candidate nominated by the three governing parties, the Christian Democratic Union, the Christian Social Union of Bavaria and the Free Democratic Party, was elected president in the third ballot.[3] His main contender was the candidate of two opposition parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance '90/The Greens, independent human rights activist Joachim Gauck.

  1. ^ Der Weg zum neuen Präsidenten Way to the new President (in German). n-tv.de. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  2. ^ Cremer, Andreas and Parkin, Brian (3 June 2010). Merkel Shoulders ‘One Less Problem’ After Making President Pick. Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Chancellor Angela Merkel's Candidate, Christian Wulff, Elected As New German President". cbs13.com. Retrieved 30 June 2010. [dead link‍]