Strauß were esemokwu ahụ dị ka mmalite iji nyochaa ohere nke ịgbasa CSU na ọkwa gọọmentị etiti, dị ka ịnwe ndepụta ntuli aka dị iche iche na steeti North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, na Bremen. O nwere olile anya ịdọrọ ndị ntuli aka aka aka nri site na FDP gaa na CSU wee gaa nzukọ nzuzo na ndị ọrụ mmepụta ihe na North Rhine-Westphalia. Mgbalị ndị a dugara na nkụda mmụọ n'ime ndị otu otu CDU ma gbochie ohere nke ndị otu abụọ ahụ na ntuli aka na-abịanụ. Kohl n'onwe ya gbachiri nkịtị n'oge esemokwu ndị a, nke ụfọdụ kọwara dị ka enweghị onye ndu, ebe ndị ọzọ dịka onye isi ala n'ọdịnihu Karl Carstens toro ya maka ịchọ nkwekọrịta na etiti otu ahụ. Na ntuli aka gọọmentị etiti 1976, CDU / CSU meriri, na-eduga ndị otu aka nri site na FDP na CSU wee gaa CSU wee gaa nke ọma. Ha gara n'ihu na-eme ihe ndị isi oche 48.6% nke votu nke ndị ọrụ mmepụta ihe na North Rh
Minista-president nke Rhineland-Palatinate