1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election
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All 106 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 54 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 1,412,512 (65.1%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results for the single-member constituencies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Parties
[edit]The table below lists parties which won seats in the election.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | ||
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| 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 | Reinhard Höppner | |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | Gerd Brunner | |
| PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus |
Democratic socialism | Roland Claus | |
| Grüne | The Greens Die Grünen |
Green politics | ||
Election result
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | Seats % | |||
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| 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 | ||||||
Sources
[edit]- [www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/lt90/index.html Landtagswahl 1990]
