1999 Berlin state election

1999 Berlin state election

10 October 1999
All 169 seats of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin 85 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,563,576 (65.5%) 3.1%
First party Second party   Leader Eberhard Diepgen Walter Momper Party CDU SPD Last election 87 seats, 37.4% 55 seats, 23.6% Seats won 76 42 Seat change 11 13 Popular vote 637,311 349,731 Percentage 40.8% 22.4% Swing 3.4% 1.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Renate Künast Party PDS Greens Last election 34 seats, 13.6% 30 seats, 13.2% Seats won 33 18 Seat change 1 12 Popular vote 276,869 155,322 Percentage 17.7% 9.9% Swing 3.1% 3.3%
Results for single-member constituencies.
Mayor before election Eberhard Diepgen CDU Elected Mayor Eberhard Diepgen CDU

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.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1995 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Eberhard Diepgen	37.4%	87 / 206
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Klaus Wowereit	23.6%	55 / 206
	PDS	Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus	Democratic socialism		13.6%	34 / 206
	Grüne	Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Green politics	Renate Künast	13.2%	30 / 206

Opinion polling

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	CDU	SPD	PDS	Grüne	FDP	Others	Lead
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

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	16,732	1.07	New	0	New
	Others	33,958	2.17		0	±0
Total		1,563,576	100.00	–	169	–

Popular Vote CDU   40.76% SPD   22.37% PDS   17.71% B'90/GRÜNE   9.93% FDP   2.19% Other   7.04%

Abgeordnetenhaus seats CDU   44.97% SPD   24.85% PDS   19.53% B'90/GRÜNE   10.65%