1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

14 October 1990
All 106 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 54 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,412,512 (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%
Elected Minister-President Gerd Gies CDU

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

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

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

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