1986 Lower Saxony state election

1986 Lower Saxony state election
15 June 1986
All 155 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,320,347 (77.3%)
0.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ernst Albrecht Gerhard Schröder
Party CDU SPD
Last election 87 seats, 50.7% 63 seats, 36.5%
Seats won 69 66
Seat change 18 3
Popular vote 1,903,559 1,807,157
Percentage 44.3% 42.1%
Swing 6.4% 5.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 11 seats, 6.5% 10 seats, 5.9%
Seats won 11 9
Seat change 1
Popular vote 303,308 257,873
Percentage 7.1% 6.0%
Swing 0.6% 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. The election result was reportedly affected by the Chernobyl disaster, which occurred in late April of that year.

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