1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The 1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It was the first election held in Saxony-Anhalt since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Gerd Gies emerged as the largest party with 39.0%, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 26.0%. The CDU formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Gies became Saxony-Anhalt's first post-reunification Minister-President.

1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

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All 106 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
54 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,412,512 (65.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gerd Gies Reinhard Höppner Gerd Brunner
Party CDU SPD FDP
Seats won 48 27 14
Popular vote 550,815 367,254 190,800
Percentage 39.0% 26.0% 13.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Roland Claus
Party PDS Greens
Seats won 12 5
Popular vote 169,319 74,696
Percentage 12.0% 5.3%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Elected Minister-President

Gerd Gies
CDU

Parties edit

The table below lists parties which won seats in the election.

Name Ideology Leader(s)
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Gerd Gies
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism Gerd Brunner
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
Democratic socialism
Grüne The Greens
Die Grünen
Green politics

Election result edit

Summary of the 14 October 1990 election results for the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Party Votes % Seats Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 550,815 39.0 48 45.3
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 367,254 26.0 27 25.5
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 190,800 13.5 14 13.2
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 169,319 12.0 12 11.3
The Greens (Grüne) 74,696 5.3 5 4.7
German Social Union (DSU) 24,144 1.7 0 0
Democratic Women's League (DFD) 15,628 1.1 0 0
Others 19,856 1.4 0 0
Total 1,412,512 100.0 106
Voter turnout 65.1
Popular Vote
CDU
39.00%
SPD
26.00%
FDP
13.51%
PDS
11.99%
GRÜNE
5.29%
DSU
1.71%
DFD
1.11%
Other
1.41%
Landtag seats
CDU
45.28%
SPD
25.47%
FDP
13.21%
PDS
11.32%
GRÜNE
4.72%

Sources edit

  • [www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/lt90/index.html Landtagswahl 1990]