The 1990 Thuringia state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first
Landtag of Thuringia. It was the first election held in Thuringia since the
reunification of Germany
German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...
, which took place on 3 October. The
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by
Josef Duchač
Josef Duchač (born February 19, 1938) is a German politician ( CDU).
The studied chemical engineer became a member of the East German Christian Democratic Union in 1957. After the party merged with the West German CDU following the German reu ...
emerged as the largest party with 45.4%, followed by the
Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 22.8%. The CDU formed a coalition with the
Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
*Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...
(FDP), and Duchač became Thuringia's first post-reunification Minister-President.
Parties
The table below lists parties which won seats in the election.
Election result
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! Votes
! %
! Seats
! Seats %
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 637,055
, align= 45.4
, align= 44
, align= 49.4
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Social Democratic Party (SPD)
, align= 319,376
, align= 22.8
, align= 21
, align= 23.6
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, align=left ,
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
, align= 136,464
, align= 9.7
, align= 9
, align= 10.1
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, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
*Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...
(FDP)
, align= 130,035
, align= 9.3
, align= 9
, align= 10.1
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, align=left ,
New Forum/The Greens/Democracy Now (Grüne)
, align= 90,829
, align= 6.5
, align= 6
, align= 6.7
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, align=left ,
German Social Union (DSU)
, align= 45,979
, align= 3.3
, align= 0
, align= 0
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, align=left , Others
, align= 43,616
, align= 3.1
, align= 0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 1,403,354
! align= 100.0
! align= 89
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 71.7
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Sources
Ergebnisse der Landtagswahlen in Thüringen seit 1945
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1990
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1990 elections in Germany