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1990 Saxony state election

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1990 Saxony state election

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All 160 seats in the Landtag of Saxony
81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,632,455 (72.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kurt Biedenkopf Anke Fuchs
Party CDU SPD PDS
Seats won 92 32 17
Popular vote 1,417,332 502,755 269,420
Percentage 53.8% 19.1% 10.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Axel Viehweger
Party New Forum FDP
Seats won 10 9
Popular vote 147,543 138,376
Percentage 5.6% 5.3%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Elected Minister-President

Kurt Biedenkopf
CDU

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.

Parties

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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 Kurt Biedenkopf
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Anke Fuchs
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
Democratic socialism
Forum New Forum
Neues Forum
Green politics
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism Axel Viehweger

Election result

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Summary of the 14 October 1990 election results for the Landtag of Saxony
Party Votes % Seats Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,417,332 53.8 92 57.5
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 502,755 19.1 32 20.0
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 269,420 10.2 17 10.6
New Forum (FORUM) 147,543 5.6 10 6.3
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 138,376 5.3 9 5.6
German Social Union (DSU) 93,347 3.5 0 0
Others 63,682 2.4 0 0
Total 2,632,455 100.0 160
Voter turnout 72.8
Popular Vote
CDU
53.84%
SPD
19.10%
PDS
10.23%
FORUM
5.60%
FDP
5.26%
DSU
3.55%
Other
2.42%
Landtag seats
CDU
57.50%
SPD
20.00%
PDS
10.63%
FORUM
6.25%
FDP
5.63%

Sources

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