1999 Brandenburg state election

1999 Brandenburg state election

← 1994 5 September 1999 2004 →

All 89 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,102,360 (54.3%)
Decrease 2.0%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manfred Stolpe Jörg Schönbohm
Party SPD CDU
Leader's seat Cottbus II State-wide party list
Last election 52 seats, 54.1% 18 seats, 18.7%
Seats won 37 25
Seat change Decrease 15 Increase 7
Popular vote 433,521 292,634
Percentage 39.3% 26.5%
Swing Decrease 14.8% Increase 7.8%

  Third party Fourth party
 
PDS
DVU
Leader Wolfgang Thiel Axel Hesselbarth
Party PDS DVU
Leader's seat State-wide party list Did not run
Last election 18 seats, 18.7% Did not contest
Seats won 22 5
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 5
Popular vote 257,309 58,247
Percentage 23.3% 5.3%
Swing Increase 4.6% Increase 5.3%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

Stolpe II
SPD majority

Government after election

Stolpe III
SPDCDU

The 1999 Brandenburg state election was held on 5 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) majority government led by Minister-President Manfred Stolpe lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Stolpe continued as Minister-President.