1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

14 October 1990
All 66 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	895,999 (64.7%)
First party Second party   Leader Alfred Gomolka Klaus Klingner Party CDU SPD Seats won 29 21 Popular vote 343,447 242,147 Percentage 38.3% 27.0%   Third party Fourth party   Party PDS FDP Seats won 12 4 Popular vote 140,397 49,104 Percentage 15.7% 5.5%
Elected Minister-President Alfred Gomolka CDU

The 1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was the first election held in Brandenburg since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Alfred Gomolka emerged as the largest party with 38.3% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 27.0%. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Gomolka became Brandenburg's first post-reunification Minister-President.

Parties

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

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)
bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color |	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Alfred Gomolka
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color |	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Klaus Klingner
bgcolor=Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color |	PDS	Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus	Democratic socialism
bgcolor=Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color |	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism

Election result

Summary of the 14 October 1990 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Party		Votes	%	Seats	Seats %
bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color|	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	343,447	38.3	29	43.9
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color|	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	242,147	27.0	21	31.8
bgcolor=Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color|	Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	140,397	15.7	12	18.2
bgcolor=Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color|	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	49,104	5.5	4	6.1
bgcolor=Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color|	The Greens (Grüne)	37,336	4.2	0	0
bgcolor=Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color|	New Forum (NF)	26,230	2.9	0	0
bgcolor=Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color|	Alliance 90 (B90)	19,948	2.2	0	0
bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color|	Christian Social Union (CSU)	9,975	1.1	0	0
bgcolor=Template:Other/meta/color|	Others	27,415	3.1	0	0
Total		895,999	100.0	66
Voter turnout			64.7

Popular Vote CDU   38.33% SPD   27.03% PDS   15.67% FDP   5.48% GRÜNE   4.17% NF   2.93% B90   2.23% CSU   1.11% Other   3.06%

Bürgerschaft seats CDU   43.94% SPD   31.82% PDS   18.18% FDP   6.06%

Sources

• Landtagswahlen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern