The 1999 Thuringian state election was held on 12 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd

Landtag of Thuringia The Landtag of Thuringia is the parliament of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 88 members from five parties. According to the free state's constitution, the primary functions of the Landtag ...

. The incumbent government was a

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and

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(SPD) led by Minister-President Bernhard Vogel. The CDU won an absolute majority in the election and formed government alone; Vogel continued as Minister-President. As of 2024, this is the most recent Thuringian state election, where a party received more than 50% of the vote.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Thuringia.

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 592,474 , align= 51.0 , align= 8.4 , align= 49 , align= 7 , align= 55.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 247,906 , align= 21.3 , align= 4.7 , align= 21 , align= 4 , align= 23.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 214,801 , align= 18.5 , align= 11.1 , align= 18 , align= 11 , align= 20.5 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

German People's Union The German People's Union (, DVU, also ''Liste D'') was a far-right nationalist political party in Germany. It was founded by publisher Gerhard Frey as an informal association in 1971 and established as a party in 1987. In 2011, it merged with ...

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Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

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Sources

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