1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

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All 106 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
54 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,412,512 (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%

Results for the single-member constituencies

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.