1990 Saxony-Anhalt State Election
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The 1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt The Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt is the parliament of the Germany, German States of Germany, federal state Saxony-Anhalt. It convenes in Magdeburg and currently consists of 97 members of six parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Social ...
. It was the first election held in Saxony-Anhalt since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Gerd Gies emerged as the largest party with 39.0%, followed by the
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(SPD) with 26.0%. The CDU formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Gies became Saxony-Anhalt's first post-reunification Minister-President.


Parties

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


Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 550,815 , align= 39.0 , align= 48 , align= 45.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
(SPD) , align= 367,254 , align= 26.0 , align= 27 , align= 25.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 190,800 , align= 13.5 , align= 14 , align= 13.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 169,319 , align= 12.0 , align= 12 , align= 11.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,
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(GrĂ¼ne) , align= 74,696 , align= 5.3 , align= 5 , align= 4.7 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , German Social Union (DSU) , align= 24,144 , align= 1.7 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=#3A60D7, , align=left , Democratic Women's League (DFD) , align= 15,628 , align= 1.1 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 19,856 , align= 1.4 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,412,512 ! align= 100.0 ! align= 106 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 65.1 ! align= ! align=


Sources

* ww.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/lt90/index.html Landtagswahl 1990 {{Saxony-Anhalt state elections
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