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1990 Thuringian state election

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1990 Thuringia state election

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All 89 seats in the Landtag of Thuringia
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,403,354 (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

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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

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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

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