The 1999 Saxony state election was held on 19 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Kurt Biedenkopf retained its majority and continued in office.
As of 2024, this is the most recent Saxony state election, where a party received more than 50% of the vote. Every Saxony state election since 1999, The CDU has seen its support in elections decrease.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Saxony. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Kurt Biedenkopf 58.1% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Karl-Heinz Kunckel 16.6% PDS Party of Democratic Socialism Democratic socialism Peter Porsch 16.5%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU SPD PDS Grüne FDP Others Lead 1999 state election 19 Sep 1999 – 56.9 10.7 22.2 2.6 1.1 6.5 34.7 Infratest dimap Sep 1999 – 57 16 18 3 1 5 39 Emnid Jul–Aug 1999 1,132 53 18 19 3 2 5 34 Infratest dimap Aug 1999 – 54 16 20 3 2 5 34 Infratest Burke Jul–Aug 1999 900 57 20 17 2 1 3 37 1999 European election 13 Jun 1999 – 54.5 14.0 18.4 3.0 2.5 7.6 36.1 Infratest Burke Apr–May 1999 900 52 17 22 3 2 4 35 Emnid Apr 1999 1,028 49 21 19 4 2 5 28 Infratest Burke Mar 1999 900 51 24 18 4 1 2 27 Emnid Dec 1998 – 43 26 19 4 2 6 17 1998 federal election 27 Sep 1998 – 32.8 29.1 20.0 4.4 3.6 10.2 3.7 Emnid Nov 1997 – 44 22 19 8 2 5 22 Emnid Nov 1996 – 49 19 18 8 1 5 30 Emnid Mar 1996 – 53 14 19 7 1 6 34 Emnid Jun 1995 – 50 16 19 6 4 5 31 Emnid Jan 1995 – 55 18 19 4 1 3 36 1994 state election 11 Sep 1994 – 58.1 16.6 16.5 4.1 1.7 2.9 41.5
Election result
! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 1,231,254 | align=right| 56.9 | align=right| 1.2 | align=right| 76 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 63.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 480,317 | align=right| 22.2 | align=right| 5.7 | align=right| 30 | align=right| 9 | align=right| 25.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 232,311 | align=right| 10.7 | align=right| 5.9 | align=right| 14 | align=right| 8 | align=right| 11.7 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 55,609 | align=right| 2.6 | align=right| 1.5 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0
| align=left | Pro Deutsche Mark (Pro DM) | align=right| 46,469 | align=right| 2.1 | align=right| 2.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 32,793 | align=right| 1.5 | align=right| 0.2 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 29,593 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 23,369 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 0.6 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 32,357 | align=right| 1.5 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 2,164,072 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 120 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 61.1 ! align=right| 2.7 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
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