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State election in Thuringia, Germany
1999 Thuringia state election
← 1994 12 September 1999 2004 →
All 88 seats of the Landtag of Thuringia
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,161,181 (59.9%)
Decrease 14.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bernhard Vogel Bodo Ramelow Richard Dewes
Party CDU PDS SPD
Last election 42 seats, 42.6% 17 seats, 16.6% 29 seats, 29.6%
Seats won 49 21 18
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 4 Decrease 11
Popular vote 592,474 247,906 214,801
Percentage 51.0% 21.3% 18.5%
Swing Increase 8.4 pp Increase 4.7 pp Decrease 11.1 pp
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Bernhard Vogel
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Bernhard Vogel
CDU

The 1999 Thuringian state election was held on 12 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Thuringia. The incumbent government was a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Bernhard Vogel. The CDU won an absolute majority in the election and formed government alone; Vogel continued as Minister-President.

As of 2024, this is the most recent Thuringian state election, where a party received more than 50% of the vote.

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Bernhard Vogel 42.6% 42 / 88
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Richard Dewes 29.6% 29 / 88
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus 		Democratic socialism Bodo Ramelow 16.6% 17 / 88

Election result

Composition of the Landtag
Summary of the 12 September 1999 election results for the Landtag of Thuringia
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 592,474 51.0 Increase8.4 49 Increase7 55.7
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 247,906 21.3 Increase4.7 21 Increase4 23.9
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 214,801 18.5 Decrease11.1 18 Decrease11 20.5
German People's Union (DVU) 36,386 3.1 Increase3.1 0 ±0 0
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 21,617 1.9 Decrease2.6 0 ±0 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 13,001 1.1 Decrease2.1 0 ±0 0
Others 34,996 3.0 0 ±0 0
Total 1,161,181 100.0 88 ±0
Voter turnout 59.9 Decrease14.9
Popular Vote
CDU   51.02%
PDS   21.35%
SPD   18.50%
DVU   3.13%
B'90/GRÜNE   1.86%
FDP   1.12%
Other   3.01%
Landtag seats
CDU   55.68%
PDS   23.86%
SPD   20.45%

Sources

Thuringia Elections in Thuringia
State
Municipal
Pre-unification
See also
Elections and referendums in Germany
Elections in the Free State of Prussia
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