The World : Kohl Party Suffers Setback
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s Christian Democratic Union sustained heavy losses in the first of a series of electoral tests preceding Kohl’s bid for reelection next January. Results from municipal elections in the northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein showed the party’s vote dropping to 44.2% from 50.1% in 1982--its worst showing there since 1962. The opposition Social Democratic Party increased its share to 40.3% from 34.6% and ousted the Christian Democrats from control of the four biggest cities, including Kiel, the state capital.
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