1990 Saarland state election

1990 Saarland state election

28 January 1990
All 51 seats of the Landtag of Saarland 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	694,101 (83.2%) 1.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Oskar Lafontaine Klaus Töpfer Party SPD CDU FDP Last election 26 seats, 49.2% 20 seats, 37.3% 5 seats, 10.0% Seats won 30 18 3 Seat change 4 2 2 Popular vote 377,501 231,983 39,113 Percentage 54.4% 33.4% 5.6% Swing 5.2% 3.9% 4.4%
Minister-President before election Oskar Lafontaine SPD Elected Minister-President Oskar Lafontaine SPD

The 1990 Saarland state election was held on 28 January 1990 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Oskar Lafontaine was returned with an increased majority and continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1985 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Oskar Lafontaine	49.2%	26 / 51
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Klaus Töpfer	37.3%	20 / 51
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism		10.0%	5 / 51

Election result

Summary of the 28 January 1990 election results for the Landtag of Saarland

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	377,502	54.4	5.2	30	4	58.8
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	231,983	33.4	3.9	18	2	35.3
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	39,113	5.6	4.4	3	2	5.9
	The Republicans (REP)	23,263	3.4	3.4	0	±0	0
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	18,380	2.6	0.1	0	±0	0
	Others	3,860	0.6		0	±0	0
Total		694,101	100.0		51	±0
Voter turnout			83.2	1.8

Sources

• Landtagswahlen im Saarland seit 1945