1990 German federal election

1990 German federal election
2 December 1990
All 662 seats in the Bundestag
332 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Candidate Helmut Kohl Oskar Lafontaine Otto Graf Lambsdorff
Party CDU/CSU SPD FDP
Last election 44.3%, 223 seats 37.0%, 186 seats 9.1%, 46 seats
Seats before 297 226 57
Seats won 319 239 79
Seat change 14 13 22
Popular vote 20,358,096 15,545,366 5,123,233
Percentage 43.8% 33.5% 11.0%
Swing 0.5 pp 3.5 pp 1.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Candidate Gregor Gysi None
Party PDS Greens
Last election Did not exist Did not exist
Seats before 24 7
Seats won 17 8
Seat change 7 1
Popular vote 1,129,578 559,207
Percentage 2.4% 1.2%
Swing New party New party
Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.

The 1990 German federal election were held on Sunday, December 2, 1990, to elect members of the German Bundestag.

It was the first election to take place in the newly reunified Germany and the first democratic all-German election since November 1932.[1]

Results

The CDU/CSU alliance led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl came first in a landslide victory with 43.8% of the vote and 319 seats in the Bundestag.[2]

The SPD suffered its worst result since 1957, winning 33.5% of the vote and 239 seats. The FDP also did well winning 11.0% of the vote and 79 seats.[3][4]

The newly formed Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) which was the successor to the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) won 17 seats despite only winning 2.4% nationwide.

This was due to the election being organised into two separate areas: the former West Germany and West Berlin; and the former East Germany and East Berlin. This also affected the Greens who won only 1.2% of the vote nationwide but won 8 seats.[5]

Aftermath

The CDU/CSU and the FDP formed their fourth coalition government with Kohl remaining as Chancellor.

References

  1. ↑ Schmid, Sandra. "Deutscher Bundestag - Die erste Bundestagswahl im vereinigten Deutschland". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-01-16. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  2. ↑ "The first all-German parliamentary elections". www.alumniportal-deutschland.de. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  3. ↑ "The first all-German parliamentary elections". www.alumniportal-deutschland.de. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  4. ↑ Schmid, Sandra. "Deutscher Bundestag - Die erste Bundestagswahl im vereinigten Deutschland". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-01-16. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  5. ↑ Schmid, Sandra. "Deutscher Bundestag - Die erste Bundestagswahl im vereinigten Deutschland". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-01-16. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
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