1990 Saarland state election
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All 51 seats of the Landtag of Saarland 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 694,101 (83.2%)![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1990 Saarland state election was held on 28 January 1990 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Oskar Lafontaine was returned with an increased majority and continued in office.
Parties
[edit]The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1985 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Oskar Lafontaine | 49.2% | 26 / 51 | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Klaus Töpfer | 37.3% | 20 / 51 | |
FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | 10.0% | 5 / 51 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 377,502 | 54.4 | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | 58.8 | |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 231,983 | 33.4 | ![]() | 18 | ![]() | 35.3 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 39,113 | 5.6 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() | 5.9 | |
The Republicans (REP) | 23,263 | 3.4 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 18,380 | 2.6 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Others | 3,860 | 0.6 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 694,101 | 100.0 | 51 | ±0 | |||
Voter turnout | 83.2 | ![]() |