German Christian Democrats win by-election in Dresden
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Sunday, October 2, 2005
German federal elections 2005
- Schröder loses motion of confidence
- German president dissolves parliament; elections in September
- German Constitutional Court green-lights early elections call
- TV debate between German chancellor Schröder and opposition leader Merkel held
- Death of candidate will delay final results for German federal election by weeks
- One week before German federal election, the race is wide-open again
- German Christian Democrats win by-election in Dresden
- Schröder gives up German chancellorship ambitions, makes way for Merkel
- German Social and Christian Democrats agree on new government
- Angela Merkel elected new German chancellor
The Christian Democrats (CDU) of Angela Merkel have won the by-election in Dresden and gained one additional overhang seat in the Bundestag. A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
The CDU candidate Andreas Lämmel received 37.0% of the first votes, his Social Democratic contender Marlies Volkmer won 32.1% and the candidate of The Left, Katja Kipping earned 19.2%.
The SPD performed better at the second election, winning 27.9%, followed by the CDU with 24.4%, the Left with 19.7%, the Free Democrats with 16.6%, and the Greens with 7.1%.
The CDU had actually urged supporters not to vote for them with their second vote because of a bug in Germany's voting system too many votes would have caused them to lose a seat.
Nevertheless, the by-election caused the shifting of one seat to another state. Cajus Julius Caesar (sic!), of the CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia lost his seat to Anette Hübinger, also of the CDU but from the Saarland.
The complete result of the 2005 German federal election can be seen here.
Sources
- "Union baut Vorsprung aus". Der Spiegel, October 2, 2005
- "Cajus Julius Caesar verliert sein Mandat". ARD, October 2, 2005
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