The 1990 Lower Saxony state election was held on 13 May 1990 to elect the members of the 12th

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. The incumbent

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Ernst Albrecht was defeated. The

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(SPD) subsequently formed a coalition with

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, and SPD leader

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was elected Minister-President.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 11th Landtag of Lower Saxony.

Election result

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(SPD) , align= 1,865,267 , align= 44.2 , align= 2.1 , align= 71 , align= 5 , align= 45.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 1,771,974 , align= 42.0 , align= 2.3 , align= 67 , align= 2 , align= 43.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 252,615 , align= 6.0 , align= 0.0 , align= 9 , align= ±0 , align= 5.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(Grüne) , align= 229,846 , align= 5.5 , align= 1.6 , align= 8 , align= 3 , align= 5.2 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 62,054 , align= 1.5 , align= 1.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 34,540 , align= 0.8 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 4,216,296 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 155 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 74.6 ! align= 2.7 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

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May 1990 in Germany