1999 Berlin state election
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All 169 seats of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin 85 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Berlin state election was held on 10 October 1999 to elect the members of the 14th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent grand coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) retained government. CDU leader Eberhard Diepgen was re-elected as Mayor.[1][2][3]
Parties
[edit]The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1995 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Eberhard Diepgen | 37.4% | 87 / 206
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| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Klaus Wowereit | 23.6% | 55 / 206
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| PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus |
Democratic socialism | 13.6% | 34 / 206
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| Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | Renate Künast | 13.2% | 30 / 206
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Opinion polling
[edit]| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | PDS | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead |
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| 1999 state election | 10 Oct 1999 | – | 40.8 | 22.4 | 17.7 | 9.9 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 18.4 |
| INFO GmbH | Sep 1999 | 1,201 | 42.2 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 12.1 | – | – | 24.9 |
| Infratest dimap | 23–28 Sep 1999 | 1,000 | 45 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| Forsa | 26 Sep 1999 | ? | 42 | 20 | 17 | 11 | – | – | 22 |
| INFO GmbH | August–July 1999 | 1,215 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 13 | – | – | 17 |
| Infratest dimap | 3 Jul 1999 | ? | 44 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| Forsa | 27 Jun 1999 | ? | 38 | 22 | 16 | 13 | – | – | 16 |
| Infratest dimap | 15–20 Mar 1999 | 1,000 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Forsa | 26 Jan 1999 | 1,070 | 31 | 32 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| INFO GmbH | 22 Jan 1999 | ? | 32 | 44 | 9 | 12 | – | – | 12 |
| Infratest dimap | 5–11 Mar 1998 | 1,000 | 25 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 1995 state election | 22 Oct 1995 | – | 37.4 | 23.6 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 2.5 | 8.7 | 13.8 |
Election result
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 637,311 | 40.76 | +3.4 | 76 | -11 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 349,731 | 22.37 | -1.2 | 42 | -13 | |
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 276,869 | 17.71 | +3.1 | 33 | -1 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 155,322 | 9.93 | -3.3 | 18 | -12 | |
| The Republicans (REP) | 41,814 | 2.67 | ±0.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 34,280 | 2.19 | -0.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
| The Grays – Gray Panthers (Graue) | 17,559 | 1.12 | -0.6 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Human Environment Animal Protection Party | 16,732 | 1.07 | New | 0 | New | |
| Others | 33,958 | 2.17 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Total | 1,563,576 | 100.00 | – | 169 | – | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Der Landeswahlleiter : Wahlen in Berlin" (PDF). Wahlen-berlin.de. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Die Landeswahlleiterin für Berlin – Historie – Vergangene Wahlen". Wahlen-berlin.de. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Richter, Gilbert Schomaker und Christine (15 October 1999). "SPD-Funktionäre unterstützen die Kritik Mompers an der Partei und fordern Konsequenzen BERLIN WAHL 1999 Walter Momper übernimmt die Verantwortung für die Wahlniederlage der SPD am vergangenen Sonntag.: "Ein sehr respektabler Schritt"". Berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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