1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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 Brandenburg 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 Brandenburg's first post-reunification Minister-President.

1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

14 October 1990

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%

Elected Minister-President

Alfred Gomolka
CDU

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%

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