 In 1979, Annemarie Renger was nominated by her party as a candidate for the Office of the Federal President (Bundespräsident), but lost by a margin of 431 to 528 electoral votes to Karl Carstens, the candidate of the CDU and CSU parties.The 66 electoral delegates seated by the Free Democratic Party (FDP) abstained.In 1953, Annemarie Renger won her seat as Member of the Bundestag, and held it through 1990.