Claim: The 2008 Lower Saxony state election saw the Christian Democratic Union, the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics, win with 1,455,687 votes which comprises of 42.5% of all the votes, followed by the Social Democratic Party with its 1,035,894, 30.3% of the total votes.
Evidence: The 2008 Lower Saxony state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the 16th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Christian Wulff was re-elected with a reduced majority. Summary of the 27 January 2008 election results for the Landtag of Lower Saxony Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,455,687 42.5 Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,035,894 30.3