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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_German_federal_election,_1969

The German Federal Election of 1969 is a very significan point in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. With Willy Brandt the SPD gained for the first time the Chancellorship and the CDU/CSU had to take for the first time the role of the opposition.Willy Brandt would start in the three years of his first term the OSTpolitik.
But the election was very close. Till the late evening the results seemed to show a absolute majority for the CDU/CSU. Richard Nixon even already congratulated Chancellor Kissinger for reelection.
WI the results hadn´t changed and the CDU/CSU had won reelection?
There would propably no OSTpolitic, at least not in the form of OTL. And I think the CDU would change the election system to FPTP.

Another scenario from this election: The right-extrem NPD came very close to win seats in the Bundestag. WI they had been succesful?

Another scenario: SPD and FDP actually do better then IOTL. So there would be propably no non-confident vot and no new election in 1972. But propably Willy Brandt would face more problems in getting reelected in 1973.

What is your opinion?
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