1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.svg
  1950 (GDR) 14 October 1990 1994  

All 66 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout895,999 (64.7%)
 First partySecond party
  Alfred Gomolka.jpg
Leader Alfred Gomolka Klaus Klingner
Party CDU SPD
Seats won2921
Popular vote343,447242,147
Percentage38.3%27.0%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party PDS FDP
Seats won124
Popular vote140,39749,104
Percentage15.7%5.5%

1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election.svg
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.

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Parties

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

NameIdeologyLeader(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
PartyVotes%SeatsSeats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)343,44738.32943.9
Social Democratic Party (SPD)242,14727.02131.8
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)140,39715.71218.2
Free Democratic Party (FDP)49,1045.546.1
The Greens (Grüne)37,3364.200
New Forum (NF)26,2302.900
Alliance 90 (B90)19,9482.200
Christian Social Union (CSU)9,9751.100
Others27,4153.100
Total895,999100.066
Voter turnout64.7
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%
Landtag seats
CDU
43.94%
SPD
31.82%
PDS
18.18%
FDP
6.06%

Sources