[1] Overall, the incumbent coalition retained a bare majority of 101 seats and was subsequently renewed.

They came to an agreement and Kühn was elected Minister-President by the Landtag on 8 December, winning 112 votes in favour to 85 against.

[2][4] This marked the first time since Lower Saxony in 1959 (DP to SPD) that party control changed in a German state.

150 members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, and fifty then allocated using compensatory proportional representation.

In the previous election held on 8 July 1962, the CDU lost its absolute majority but remained the largest party with a small lead over the SPD, 46% to 43%.