Well....48.5 percent of the Bundestag voted the move to stay in Bonn. The move-to-Berlin vote came to 51.5 percent.
That's how close the vote came.
A party versus party election? Actually, no. It was more of a region versus region vote....with Bavaria and the Pfalz voting entirely to stay in Bonn. The five eastern Germany states all went mostly to move-to-Berlin.
History tied to the vote? Most will say that the stay-in-Bonn attitude was about conditions, better economic landscape, and a more-populated lifestyle. The move-to-Berlin was mostly a salesmanship deal where everything would be built, new and designed for access (but only to come a decade later).
How history would have been shaped if two-dozen votes had shifted? They'd still be in Bonn today.
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