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 Alliance EPP SOC G 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 Alliance DR ELDR 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 or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	S&D		Social Democratic Party	10,525,728	37.32	30	–1
	EPP		Christian Democratic Union	8,332,846	29.54	24	–7
	G		The Greens	2,382,102	8.45	7	0
	EPP		Christian Social Union	2,326,277	8.25	7	0
	DR		The Republicans	2,008,629	7.12	6	New
	ELDR		Free Democratic Party	1,576,715	5.59	4	+4
	NI		German People's Union	444,921	1.58	0	New
	NI		Ecological Democratic Party	184,309	0.65	0	0
	NI		Bavaria Party	71,991	0.26	0	0
	NI		German Communist Party	57,704	0.20	0	New
	NI		German Solidarity Union	55,463	0.20	0	New
	NI		Christian Centre	43,580	0.15	0	New
	NI		Centre Party	41,190	0.15	0	0
	NI		Mature Citizens	32,246	0.11	0	0
	NI		Christian League	30,879	0.11	0	New
	NI		New Consciousness	20,868	0.07	0	New
	NI		Free German Workers' Party	19,151	0.07	0	New
	NI		Patriots for Germany	12,907	0.05	0	New
	NI		Humanist Party	10,885	0.04	0	New
	NI		For a Europe of Workers and Democracy	10,377	0.04	0	New
	NI		Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany	10,134	0.04	0	New
	NI		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 or alliance				Seats	+/–
	G		Alternative List	1	+1
	S&D		Social Democratic Party	1	0
	EPP		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.