1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
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All 66 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout895,999 (64.7%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Alfred Gomolka Klaus Klingner
Party CDU SPD
Seats won 29 21
Popular vote 343,447 242,147
Percentage 38.3% 27.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party PDS FDP
Seats won 12 4
Popular vote 140,397 49,104
Percentage 15.7% 5.5%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Elected Minister-President

Alfred Gomolka
CDU

The 1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was the first election held in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Alfred Gomolka emerged as the largest party with 38.3% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 27.0%. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Gomolka became Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's first post-reunification Minister-President.

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s)
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Alfred Gomolka
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Klaus Klingner
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus 		Democratic socialism
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei 		Classical liberalism

Election result

Summary of the 14 October 1990 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Party Votes % Seats Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 343,447 38.3 29 43.9
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 242,147 27.0 21 31.8
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 140,397 15.7 12 18.2
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 49,104 5.5 4 6.1
The Greens (Grüne) 37,336 4.2 0 0
New Forum (NF) 26,230 2.9 0 0
Alliance 90 (B90) 19,948 2.2 0 0
Christian Social Union (CSU) 9,975 1.1 0 0
Others 27,415 3.1 0 0
Total 895,999 100.0 66
Voter turnout 64.7
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 38.33%
SPD
 
 27.03%
PDS
 
 15.67%
FDP
 
 5.48%
GRÜNE
 
 4.17%
NF
 
 2.93%
B90
 
 2.23%
CSU
 
 1.11%
Other
 
 3.06%
Bürgerschaft seats
CDU
 
 43.94%
SPD
 
 31.82%
PDS
 
 18.18%
FDP
 
 6.06%

Sources