Kohl’s Coalition Expected to Win in Balloting Today
Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s conservative coalition is expected to win another four years in office in the West German parliamentary election today.
All major public opinion polls indicate that victory in the low-key election campaign will go to Kohl’s Christian Democratic Union, its Bavarian affiliate, the Christian Social Union, and their junior coalition partner, the Free Democratic Party, with a combined tally of about 55%.
The voters are expected to firmly reject the candidacy of Social Democratic leader Johannes Rau.
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