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German Parliamentary Elections 2009 (Mr. Rainer Heufers)

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This document summarizes the 2009 German parliamentary elections and the subsequent coalition building process. It discusses the election results and seat allocation among the main parties. It also outlines some of the key issues that will need to be negotiated between parties as they work to form a new governing coalition, with the Free Democratic Party and Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union currently in talks to form a black-yellow coalition government. The document provides charts and tables analyzing the election results and outlining the composition of a potential new government cabinet.

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Diskusi Pemilu Jerman 2009 FNS Indonesia Jakarta 06 October 2009
German Parliamentary Elections 27 September 2009 Rainer Heufers 6 October 2009
Who was competing? Black Purple Green Yellow Red
Election Results
Back to 1949?
Voter turnout reduced
Geographic distribution
West and East Germany
West and East Germany
Analysis by profession (in %)
Analysis by age (in %) (-1) (+5) (+3) (-1) (-16) (+3) (+4) (-2) (-13) (+3) (+4) (-4) (-10) (+6) (+4) (-1) (+1)
Politik Aliran?
Reasons for Voting Decisions
Gains and losses (in %)
Seat allocation
Coalition Building on the National Level Black Red Grand Coalition (1966-69, 2005-09) Black Yellow (1961-66, 1982-1998) (currently negotiated) Red Red Red Green Green (1998-2005) Jamaica-coalition Social liberal (1969-1982) Traffic light coalition
Negotiating a Coalition
Negotiations Location: representative office of German state of NRW Time: Until Parliament convenes on 27 October or before 9 November 9 FDP reps, 18 CDU/CSU reps Result will be a more or less specific contract (1994: 50 pages)
7 working groups discussing 2 ministerial portfolios each Foreign Security policy Economic and Financial Policies Homes Affairs and Law Traditional practice: No side of the table will gain both resorts of a working group Each working group has two Chairpersons from both camps
Issues Highly contentious Problematic Less problematic Easy Labour Taxes policies Home Affairs / Foreign Internal Security Nuclear policy power Stimulus packages Public Security health Unemployment Defence welfare benefits Agriculture
1 Chancellor 15 Ministers Foreign Affairs / Vice Chancellor Defense Home Affairs Family/Seniors/Women/Youth Law Health Finance Traffic/Works/Urban Planning Economics/Technology Environment/Nuclear Safety Labour/Welfare Education/Research Nutrition/Agriculture/ State Secretariat (Chancellery) Consumer Protection Economic Cooperation/Development
Diskusi Pemilu Jerman 2009 FNS Indonesia Jakarta 06 October 2009

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