Election Name: | 1990 Saxony state election |
Country: | Saxony |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1950 East German state elections |
Previous Year: | 1950 (GDR) |
Next Election: | 1994 Saxony state election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | All 160 seats in the Landtag of Saxony |
Majority Seats: | 81 |
Election Date: | 14 October 1990 |
Turnout: | 2,632,455 (72.8%) |
Leader1: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Seats1: | 92 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,417,332 |
Percentage1: | 53.8% |
Leader2: | Anke Fuchs |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Seats2: | 32 |
Popular Vote2: | 502,755 |
Percentage2: | 19.1% |
Color3: | BE3075 |
Party3: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
Seats3: | 17 |
Popular Vote3: | 269,420 |
Percentage3: | 10.2% |
Color4: | 64A12D |
Party4: | New Forum |
Seats4: | 10 |
Popular Vote4: | 147,543 |
Percentage4: | 5.6% |
Leader5: | Axel Viehweger |
Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
Seats5: | 9 |
Popular Vote5: | 138,376 |
Percentage5: | 5.3% |
Map Size: | 400px |
Minister-President | |
After Election: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
The 1990 Saxony state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Saxony. It was the first election held in Saxony since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Kurt Biedenkopf dominated the election with 53.8% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 19.1%. Biedenkopf subsequently became Saxony'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 | Kurt Biedenkopf | ||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Anke Fuchs | ||
bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | |||
bgcolor= | Forum | New Forum | Green politics | |||
bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | Axel Viehweger |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! Seats ! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 1,417,332| align=right| 53.8| align=right| 92| align=right| 57.5|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 502,755| align=right| 19.1| align=right| 32| align=right| 20.0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 269,420| align=right| 10.2| align=right| 17| align=right| 10.6|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | New Forum (FORUM)| align=right| 147,543| align=right| 5.6| align=right| 10| align=right| 6.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 138,376| align=right| 5.3| align=right| 9| align=right| 5.6|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | German Social Union (DSU)| align=right| 93,347| align=right| 3.5| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 63,682| align=right| 2.4| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 2,632,455! align=right| 100.0! align=right| 160! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 72.8! align=right| ! align=right| |}