1985 West Berlin state election

1985 West Berlin state election
All 144 seats of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin; 73 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,259,818 (83.6%)
	Results for single-member constituencies.
Governing Mayor before election; Eberhard Diepgen; CDU	Elected Governing Mayor ; Eberhard Diepgen; CDU

The 1985 West Berlin state election was held on 10 March 1985.^[1] Eberhard Diepgen was the CDU's lead candidate and would later be unanimously elected as the mayor of West Berlin.^[2]

Summary of the results of the 10 March 1985 election to Berlin's *Abgeordnetenhaus*
Parties		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union	577,867	46.4%	-1.6%	69	+4
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	402,875	32.4%	-5.9%	48	-3
	Alternative List	132,484	10.6%	+3.4%	15	+6
	Free Democratic Party	105,209	8.5%	+2.9%	12	+5
	Democratic Alternative	15,857	1.3%	+1.3%	0
	Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin	7,731	0.6%	±0.0%	0
	Liberal Democrats	1,416	0.1%	+0.1%	0
	Social People's Party of Germany	1,406	0.1%	+0.1%	0
	Ecological Democratic Party	163	0.0%	+0.0%	0
Total		1,259,818	100%		144	+12
Primary Source & Secondary Source

References

^ "UID 1985 Nr. 9, Union in Deutschland". www.kas.de. March 14, 1985. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
^ "West Berlin Elects Mayor". The New York Times. 1984-02-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-09.