1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

14 October 1990
All 66 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	895,999 (64.7%)
First party Second party   Leader Alfred Gomolka Klaus Klingner Party CDU SPD Seats won 29 21 Popular vote 343,447 242,147 Percentage 38.3% 27.0%   Third party Fourth party   Party PDS FDP Seats won 12 4 Popular vote 140,397 49,104 Percentage 15.7% 5.5%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Elected Minister-President Alfred Gomolka CDU

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.

Parties

The table below lists parties which won seats in the election.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Alfred Gomolka
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Klaus Klingner
	PDS	Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus	Democratic socialism
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism

Election result

Summary of the 14 October 1990 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Party		Votes	%	Seats	Seats %
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	343,447	38.3	29	43.9
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	242,147	27.0	21	31.8
	Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	140,397	15.7	12	18.2
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	49,104	5.5	4	6.1
	The Greens (Grüne)	37,336	4.2	0	0
	New Forum (NF)	26,230	2.9	0	0
	Alliance 90 (B90)	19,948	2.2	0	0
	Christian Social Union (CSU)	9,975	1.1	0	0
	Others	27,415	3.1	0	0
Total		895,999	100.0	66
Voter turnout			64.7

Popular Vote CDU   38.33% SPD   27.03% PDS   15.67% FDP   5.48% GRÜNE   4.17% NF   2.93% B90   2.23% CSU   1.11% Other   3.06%

Bürgerschaft seats CDU   43.94% SPD   31.82% PDS   18.18% FDP   6.06%

Sources

• Landtagswahlen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern