1990 Thuringian state election

1990 Thuringia state election

14 October 1990
All 89 seats in the Landtag of Thuringia 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,403,354 (71.7%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Josef Duchač Friedhelm Farthmann Gabi Zimmer Party CDU SPD PDS Seats won 44 21 9 Popular vote 637,055 319,376 136,464 Percentage 45.4% 22.8% 9.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Hartmut Sieckmann Party FDP Greens Seats won 9 6 Popular vote 130,035 90,829 Percentage 9.3% 6.5%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Elected Minister-President Josef Duchač CDU

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, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Josef Duchač 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 (FDP), and Duchač became Thuringia'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	Josef Duchač
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Friedhelm Farthmann
	PDS	Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus	Democratic socialism	Gabi Zimmer
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism	Hartmut Sieckmann
	Grüne	New Forum/The Greens/Democracy Now Neues Forum/Die Grünen/Demokratie Jetzt	Green politics

Election result

Summary of the 14 October 1990 election results for the Landtag of Thuringia

Party		Votes	%	Seats	Seats %
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	637,055	45.4	44	49.4
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	319,376	22.8	21	23.6
	Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	136,464	9.7	9	10.1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	130,035	9.3	9	10.1
	New Forum/The Greens/Democracy Now (Grüne)	90,829	6.5	6	6.7
	German Social Union (DSU)	45,979	3.3	0	0
	Others	43,616	3.1	0	0
Total		1,403,354	100.0	89
Voter turnout			71.7

Popular Vote CDU   45.40% SPD   22.76% PDS   9.72% FDP   9.27% B'90/GRÜNE   6.47% DSU   3.28% Other   3.11%

Landtag seats CDU   49.44% SPD   23.60% PDS   10.11% FDP   10.11% B'90/GRÜNE   6.74%

Sources

• Ergebnisse der Landtagswahlen in Thüringen seit 1945