The 1998 Lower Saxony state election was held on 1 March 1998 to elect the members of the 14th

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. The incumbent

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(SPD) government led by Minister-President

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was returned with an increased majority. Schröder was subsequently re-elected as minister-president. Schröder took the election as a test run for a potential federal election in September. He said that if the SPD received less than 42 percent of the vote, he would rule out a bid to become the party's chancellor candidate. Achieving 47.9 percent of the vote, he later announced his (successful) candidacy and went on to form the first federal SPD-led government since 1982.Pulzer, Peter. "The German Federal Election of 1998." West European Politics July 1999: 241–249.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Lower Saxony.

Election result

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(SPD) , align= 2,068,477 , align= 47.9 , align= 3.6 , align= 83 , align= 2 , align= 52.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 1,549,227 , align= 35.9 , align= 0.5 , align= 62 , align= 5 , align= 39.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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References

Sources

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