1999 Brandenburg state election

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1999 Brandenburg state election
Flag of Brandenburg.svg
  1994 5 September 1999 2004  

All 89 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,102,360 (54.3%)
Decrease2.svg 2.0%
 First partySecond party
  Manfred Stolpe (cropped) (2).JPG Joerg Schoenbohm 01.jpg
Leader Manfred Stolpe Jörg Schönbohm
Party SPD CDU
Leader's seat Cottbus II State-wide party list
Last election52 seats, 54.1%18 seats, 18.7%
Seats won3725
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 15Increase2.svg 7
Popular vote433,521292,634
Percentage39.3%26.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 14.8%Increase2.svg 7.8%

 Third partyFourth party
 
PDS
DVU
LeaderWolfgang ThielAxel Hesselbarth
Party PDS DVU
Leader's seat State-wide party list Did not run
Last election18 seats, 18.7%Did not contest
Seats won225
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote257,30958,247
Percentage23.3%5.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.6%Increase2.svg 5.3%

1999 Brandenburg state election.svg
Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

Stolpe II
SPD majority

Government after election

Stolpe III
SPDCDU

The 1999 Brandenburg state election was held on 5 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) majority government led by Minister-President Manfred Stolpe lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Stolpe continued as Minister-President.

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Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Brandenburg.

NameIdeologyLeader(s)1994 result
Votes (%)Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Manfred Stolpe 54.1%
52 / 88
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Jörg Schönbohm 18.7%
18 / 88
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
Democratic socialism 18.7%
18 / 88

Opinion polling

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
SPD CDU PDS Grüne FDP DVU OthersLead
1999 state election 5 Sep 199939.326.523.31.91.95.31.712.7
Infratest dimap 18–24 Aug 19991,000442323215221
dimap 2–11 Aug 19991,014422720333215
Forsa August 19991,002442323224219
Infratest dimap 28 Jun–4 Jul 19991,00042292031513
dimap 18–22 Jun 19991,02140272132713
Infratest dimap 17–22 May 19991,00050251831325
Infratest dimap 15–21 Mar 19991,00051231832328
Infratest dimap 23–28 Nov 19981,00055181843437
Infratest dimap 21–29 Mar 19981,00058151742443
1994 state election 5 Sep 199454.118.718.72.92.23.135.4

Election result

Summary of the 5 September 1999 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg
1999 Brandenburg Landtag.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party (SPD)433,52139.33Decrease2.svg 14.8137Decrease2.svg 15
Christian Democratic Union 292,63426.55Increase2.svg 7.8325Increase2.svg 7
Party of Democratic Socialism 257,30923.34Increase2.svg 4.6222Increase2.svg 4
German People's Union (DVU)58,2475.28Increase2.svg 5.285Increase2.svg 5
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)21,4101.94Decrease2.svg 0.950Steady2.svg
Free Democratic Party (FDP)20,4721.86Decrease2.svg 0.340Steady2.svg
Others18,7671.700Steady2.svg
Total1,102,360100.0089
Registered voters/turnout54.3Decrease2.svg 2.0
Popular Vote
SPD
39.33%
CDU
26.55%
PDS
23.34%
DVU
5.28%
B'90/GRÜNE
1.94%
FDP
1.86%
Other
1.70%
Landtag seats
SPD
41.57%
CDU
28.09%
PDS
24.72%
DVU
5.62%

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