1990 Saarland state election
# 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 | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1985 result | 1985 result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Oskar Lafontaine | 49.2% | 26 / 51 |
| | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Klaus Töpfer | 37.3% | 20 / 51 |
| | FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | | 10.0% | 5 / 51 |

## Election result

Summary of the 28 January 1990 election results for the Landtag of Saarland :

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

## Sources

* Landtagswahlen im Saarland seit 1945
