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In the elections of 1949, according to the infallible source that is wikipedia, the Socialdemocrats came first, but Adenauer was able to form a coalition between the CDU, CSU, the Free Democrats and the German Party.

So...what if either the Free Democrats under Theodor Heuss or someone else back Schumacher instead, giving the SDP-FDP coalition 183 seats in the Bundestag (the Adenauer coalition had 208 IOTL). Would that be enough for Schumacher to form a government? What major differences would there be between the Schumacher Government and the Adenauer one?

Would the capital move somewhere that isn't Bonn? Would Schumacher employ less former personel from the Reich?
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