Election Name: | 1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
Country: | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1950 East German state elections |
Previous Year: | 1950 (GDR) |
Next Election: | 1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | All 66 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Election Date: | 14 October 1990 |
Turnout: | 895,999 (64.7%) |
Leader1: | Alfred Gomolka |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Seats1: | 29 |
Popular Vote1: | 343,447 |
Percentage1: | 38.3% |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Seats2: | 21 |
Popular Vote2: | 242,147 |
Percentage2: | 27.0% |
Party4: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
Seats4: | 12 |
Popular Vote4: | 140,397 |
Percentage4: | 15.7% |
Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
Seats5: | 4 |
Popular Vote5: | 49,104 |
Percentage5: | 5.5% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Minister-President | |
After Election: | Alfred Gomolka |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's first post-reunification Minister-President.
The table below lists parties which won seats in the election.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Alfred Gomolka | ||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Klaus Klingner | ||
bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | |||
bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! Seats ! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 343,447| align=right| 38.3| align=right| 29| align=right| 43.9|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 242,147| align=right| 27.0| align=right| 21| align=right| 31.8|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 140,397| align=right| 15.7| align=right| 12| align=right| 18.2|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 49,104| align=right| 5.5| align=right| 4| align=right| 6.1|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Greens (GrĂ¼ne)| align=right| 37,336| align=right| 4.2| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | New Forum (NF)| align=right| 26,230| align=right| 2.9| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90 (B90)| align=right| 19,948| align=right| 2.2| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Social Union (CSU)| align=right| 9,975| align=right| 1.1| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 27,415| align=right| 3.1| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 895,999! align=right| 100.0! align=right| 66! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 64.7! align=right| ! align=right| |}