1999 Saarland state election

The Saarland state election, 1999, was conducted on 5 September 1999, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Saarland.

Results

Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage	Total Seats	Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	253,856	45.5% (+6.9)	26 (+5)	51.0%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	247,311	44.4% (-5.3)	25 (-2)	49.0%
Alliance '90/The Greens (Grüne)	18,106	3.2% (-2.3)	0 (-3)	0.0%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	14,259	2.6% (+0.5)	0 (+0)	0.0%
The Republicans (REP)	7,328	1.3% (-0.1)	0 (+0)	0.0%
Family Party (Familie)	5,623	1.0% (+0.5)	0 (+0)	0.0%
All Others	10,845	2.0% (-0.6)	0 (+0)	0.0%
Totals	557,337	100.0%	51	100.0%

Post-election

The CDU gained an overall majority and Peter Müller was elected as Prime Minister instead of Reinhard Klimmt (SPD).

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer