State election in Saxony 1999

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(in %)
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
56.9
22.2
10.7
2.6
2.1
1.5
1.4
1.1
1.5
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1994
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-1.2
+5.7
-5.9
-1.5
+2.1
+0.2
+1.4
-0.6
-0.2
Otherwise.
   
A total of 120 seats

The state election in Saxony in 1999 was the third election to the Saxon state parliament and took place on September 19, 1999.

Result

According to the official final result, the CDU under Prime Minister Kurt Biedenkopf clearly defended its absolute majority and achieved 56.9 percent of the votes. She won all 60 direct mandates again. The PDS became the second strongest party in Saxony for the first time with more than five percentage points of votes and twice as strong as the SPD , which achieved its worst result up to that point and only achieved 10.7 percent with a strong loss of votes. The Greens again failed to enter the state parliament and also lost votes, but remained the strongest party not represented in the state parliament. The Pro Deutsche Mitte party - Pro D-Mark initiative , which started for the first time, achieved a result of 2.1 percent from the start, leaving the REP, NPD and FDP behind.

As a result of the election, the CDU's sole government was continued in the Biedenkopf III cabinet .

The turnout was 61.1%, an increase of 2.7 percentage points compared to 1994.

Political party First votes Second votes proportion of Mandates
CDU 1,147,041 1,231,254 56.9% 76
PDS 524.177 480.317 22.2% 30th
SPD 303,892 232.311 10.7% 14th
GREEN 36,533 55,609 2.6% -
Per DM - 46,469 2.1% -
REP 24,068 32,793 1.5% -
NPD 19,441 29,593 1.4% -
FDP 51,756 23,369 1.1% -
DSU 18,860 9,204 0.4% -
PBC - 6,935 0.3% -
Gray ones 1,500 6,876 0.3% -
Forum 922 4,100 0.2% -
BüSo 502 2,440 0.1% -
KPD - 1,814 0.1% -
FP of Germany 641 988 0.1% -
4 individual applicants 10,981 - - -

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Final official election results for the 1999 state election in Saxony The Land Returning Officer
  2. ^ Election to the 3rd Saxon State Parliament on September 19, 1999 State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony