Christian Democrats win again in West Germany

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Cheryl Sullivan

March 14, 1983

Bonn

Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats followed up the victory in last week's West German national election with another win in a state election. The party retained its hold on the northern state of Schleswig Holstein, a Christian Democratic stronghold, dashing the hopes of the opposition Social Democrats of making a swift comeback from last week.