1986 Lower Saxony state election

1986 Lower Saxony state election
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All 155 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,320,347 (77.3%)
Decrease 0.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ernst Albrecht Gerhard Schröder
Party CDU SPD
Seats won 69 66
Seat change Decrease 18 Increase 3
Popular vote 1,903,559 1,807,157
Percentage 44.3% 42.1%
Swing Decrease 6.4% Increase 5.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Seats won 11 9
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 1
Popular vote 303,308 257,873
Percentage 7.1% 6.0%
Swing Increase 0.6% Increase 0.1%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Ernst Albrecht
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Ernst Albrecht
CDU

The 1986 Lower Saxony state election was held on 15 June 1986 to elect the members of the 11th Landtag of Lower Saxony.[1] The election result was reportedly affected by the Chernobyl disaster which happened two weeks earlier.[2]

  1. ^ "Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen 1986". www.da-ra.de. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  2. ^ "Chernobyl's political fallout". Washington Post. June 17, 1986.