The 1990 Saxony state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Saxony. It was the first election held in Saxony since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Kurt Biedenkopf dominated the election with 53.8% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 19.1%. Biedenkopf subsequently became Saxony's first post-reunification Minister-President.
Parties The table below lists parties which won seats in the election. Name Ideology Leader(s) CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Kurt Biedenkopf SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Anke Fuchs PDS Party of Democratic Socialism Democratic socialism Forum New Forum Green politics FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Axel Viehweger
Election result
! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 1,417,332 | align=right| 53.8 | align=right| 92 | align=right| 57.5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 502,755 | align=right| 19.1 | align=right| 32 | align=right| 20.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 269,420 | align=right| 10.2 | align=right| 17 | align=right| 10.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | New Forum (FORUM) | align=right| 147,543 | align=right| 5.6 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 6.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 138,376 | align=right| 5.3 | align=right| 9 | align=right| 5.6 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German Social Union (DSU) | align=right| 93,347 | align=right| 3.5 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 63,682 | align=right| 2.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 2,632,455 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| 160 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 72.8 ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources Statisches Landesamt Sachsen