The 1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It was the first election held in Saxony-Anhalt since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Gerd Gies emerged as the largest party with 39.0%, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 26.0%. The CDU formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Gies became Saxony-Anhalt's first post-reunification Minister-President.

Quick Facts All 106 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 54 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

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All 106 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 54 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,412,512 (65.1%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gerd Gies Reinhard Höppner Gerd Brunner Party CDU SPD FDP Seats won 48 27 14 Popular vote 550,815 367,254 190,800 Percentage 39.0% 26.0% 13.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Roland Claus Party PDS Greens Seats won 12 5 Popular vote 169,319 74,696 Percentage 12.0% 5.3%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Elected Minister-President Gerd Gies CDU

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

• [www.stala.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/lt90/index.doc Landtagswahl 1990]