1978 Vielfaltig General Election

1978 Vielfaltig General Election

19th July 1978
All 576 seats to the Unterhaus 289 seats needed for a majority
Registered	88,136,549
Turnout	72.4% ( 0.5%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Julio Kalio Leon Buckley Renato Crespo Party CPJ LBT CPV Alliance - LIB CFV Leader since 23rd September 1970 10th April 1968 21st July 1973 Leader's seat Veynes Barnstadt Malgesso Last election 294 seats, 36.1% 63 seats, 16.4% 32 seats, 13.5% Seats before 291 63 27 Seats won 327 152 41 Seat change 36 89 14 Popular vote 21,950,936 11,996,442 9,763,062 Percentage 34.4% 18.8% 15.3% Swing Decrease 1.7 pp 2.4 pp 1.8 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Benjamin Walsh Marie-Jose Hintzen Mayra Petri Party SOC SWP JPA Alliance - - - Leader since 1st March 1966 6th March 1978 22nd January 1978 Leader's seat Cansano Krempel Brunnen Last election alliance dissolved alliance dissolved alliance dissolved Seats before 94 58 27 Seats won 22 18 9 Seat change Decrease 72 Decrease 40 Decrease 18 Popular vote 7,465,871 6,508,708 5,041,058 Percentage 11.7% 10.2% 7.9% Swing alliance dissolved alliance dissolved alliance dissolved
Composition of the Unterhaus after the election
Prime Minister before election Julio Kalio CPJ Prime Minister after election Julio Kalio CPJ