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1979 West German presidential election
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An indirect presidential election (officially the 7th Federal Convention) was held in
West Germany
on 23 May 1979. Deeming his reelection to be unlikely, incumbent
Walter Scheel
elected not to seek a second term. The two candidates to replace him were the
president of the Bundestag
,
Karl Carstens
, nominated by the
Christian Democratic Union
, and Carstens' immediate predecessor,
Annemarie Renger
, nominated by the
Social Democratic Party
. Carstens won the election on the first ballot.
Composition of the Federal Convention
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The president is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the
Bundestag
and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament.
Source:
Eine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundesprasidenten am 18. Marz 2012
Results
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References
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