European election : Germany

1. Austria 2. Belgium 3. Cyprus 4. Czech Rep. 5. Denmark 6. Estonia 7. Finland 8. France 9. Germany 10. Greece 11. Hungary 12. Italy 13. Ireland

14. Latvia 15. Lithuania 16. L'bourg 17. Malta 18. N'lands 19. Poland 20. Portugal 21. Slovak Rep. 22. Slovenia 23. Spain 24. Sweden 25. UK

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European election result: Germany (Full)

SEATS: 99

ELECTORATE: 63627000

RESULTS

		MEPs
	PARTY	+/-	TOTAL
	Christlich-Demokratische Union	-3	40
	Socialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	-10	23
	Bundnis 90/Die Grunen	6	13
	Chistlich Soziale Union	-1	9
	Freie Demokratische Partei	7	7
	Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus	1	7
	Others (Germany)	0	0

DESCRIPTION: Germany

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's ruling Social Democrats suffered their worst poll results since World War II in these elections, picking up 21.5% of the vote. This compares with 44.5% for the opposition conservatives. The outcome has been attributed to the government's controversial plans for welfare reform, which Chancellor Schroeder has vowed to pursue. Despite sharing government with the Social Democrats, the Greens do not appear to have been tarnished by the association - polling 12.0% compared with 6.4% in 1999.

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Germany's results from the BBC's Vote 1999 website