1989 European Parliament election in West Germany

1989 European Parliament election in West Germany

18 June 1989 (1989-06-18)
All 81 German seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	62.3%
First party Second party Third party   Party CDU/CSU SPD Greens Seats before 41 33 7 Seats won 32 31 8 Seat change 9 2 1 Popular vote 10,659,123 10,525,728 2,382,102 Percentage 37.7% 37.3% 8.4% Swing 8.3% 0.1% 0.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party REP FDP Seats before 0 0 Seats won 6 4 Seat change 6 4 Popular vote 2,008,629 1,576,715 Percentage 7.1% 5.6% Swing 7.1% 0.8%

Poster campaign of the Republicans for the 1989 European election, featuring Franz Schönhuber.

An election of the delegation from West Germany to the European Parliament was held in 1989.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	10,525,728	37.32	30	–1
	Christian Democratic Union	8,332,846	29.54	24	–7
	The Greens	2,382,102	8.45	7	0
	Christian Social Union	2,326,277	8.25	7	0
	The Republicans	2,008,629	7.12	6	New
	Free Democratic Party	1,576,715	5.59	4	+4
	German People's Union	444,921	1.58	0	New
	Ecological Democratic Party	184,309	0.65	0	0
	Bavaria Party	71,991	0.26	0	0
	German Communist Party	57,704	0.20	0	New
	German Solidarity Union	55,463	0.20	0	New
	Christian Centre	43,580	0.15	0	New
	Centre Party	41,190	0.15	0	0
	Mature Citizens	32,246	0.11	0	0
	Christian League	30,879	0.11	0	New
	New Consciousness	20,868	0.07	0	New
	Free German Workers' Party	19,151	0.07	0	New
	Patriots for Germany	12,907	0.05	0	New
	Humanist Party	10,885	0.04	0	New
	For a Europe of Workers and Democracy	10,377	0.04	0	New
	Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany	10,134	0.04	0	New
	Federation of Socialist Workers	7,788	0.03	0	New
Total		28,206,690	100.00	78	0
Valid votes		28,206,690	98.94
Invalid/blank votes		301,908	1.06
Total votes		28,508,598	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		45,773,179	62.28
Source: Federal Statistics Office

West Berlin, due to its special status, was ineligible to participate in the election. Instead, the city legislature indirectly elected three members:

Party		Seats	+/–
	Alternative List	1	+1
	Social Democratic Party	1	0
	Christian Democratic Union	1	–1
Total		3	0
Source: Wahlen-in-Deutschland.de

Following the reunification, a delegation of 18 observers from former East Germany was sent to the European Parliament on February 21, 1991.