1990 Saarland state election

The 1990 Saarland state election was held on 28 January 1990 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Oskar Lafontaine was returned with an increased majority and continued in office.

Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1985 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Oskar Lafontaine 49.2% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Klaus Töpfer 37.3% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 10.0%

Election result

| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 377,502 | align=right| 54.4 | align=right| 5.2 | align=right| 30 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 58.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 231,983 | align=right| 33.4 | align=right| 3.9 | align=right| 18 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 35.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 39,113 | align=right| 5.6 | align=right| 4.4 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 5.9 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 23,263 | align=right| 3.4 | align=right| 3.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 18,380 | align=right| 2.6 | align=right| 0.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 3,860 | align=right| 0.6 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 694,101 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 51 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 83.2 ! align=right| 1.8 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|

Sources Landtagswahlen im Saarland seit 1945