Adenauer was elected Chancellor by a single vote, his own

Evidence

By contrast, Adenauer, who had been elected Chancellor by a majority of one vote (his own), had demanded in his inaugural speech that the distinction between `two classes of people in Germany’those who were politically impeccable and those who were notshould be abolished as soon as possible. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1897

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