State election in Thuringia 1990
The state election in Thuringia in 1990 was the first election to the Thuringian state parliament since the fall of the Wall and took place on October 14, 1990 together with the state elections in the other new states .
The CDU's top candidate was the previous government representative in the Erfurt district , Josef Duchač . Friedhelm Farthmann , chairman of the parliamentary group in the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament, stood for the SPD . The CDU clearly won the election and narrowly missed an absolute majority. She formed a coalition with the FDP.
initial situation
The first free Volkskammer election in 1990 on March 18, 1990 resulted in a victory for the Alliance for Germany and a defeat for the SPD . The SED , renamed PDS , had to end its 40-year dictatorial rule and won 16.4% of the vote. Lothar de Maizière formed a grand coalition . This election result shaped the multitude of historical decisions made in the following months: the monetary, economic and social union , the introduction of the market economy and the rule of law , the re-establishment of the federal states and German reunification .
Result
The election produced the following result:
First votes | Second votes | ||||||
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number | % | Electoral kreisbe- tors |
Direct MAN date |
number | % | Seats | |
Eligible voters | 2,010,395 | 2,010,395 | |||||
Voters | 1,441,170 | 71.69 | 1,441,170 | 71.69 | |||
Valid votes | 1,391,717 | 96.57 | 1,403,354 | 97.31 | |||
CDU | 629.889 | 45.26 | 44 | 44 | 637.055 | 45.40 | 44 * |
SPD | 292,793 | 21.04 | 44 | 319.376 | 22.76 | 21st | |
PDS | 137,880 | 9.91 | 44 | 136.464 | 9.72 | 9 | |
FDP | 126,442 | 9.09 | 44 | 130.035 | 9.27 | 9 | |
NF / Greens / DJ | 103.089 | 7.41 | 44 | 90,829 | 6.47 | 6th | |
DSU | 67.064 | 4.82 | 44 | 45,979 | 3.28 | ||
REP | 1,217 | 0.09 | 3 | 11,712 | 0.83 | ||
DFD | 7,947 | 0.57 | 13 | 10,865 | 0.77 | ||
UFV | 14,721 | 1.06 | 42 | 9,599 | 0.68 | ||
DBU | 1.313 | 0.09 | 8th | 4,705 | 0.34 | ||
league | - | - | 3,639 | 0.26 | |||
NPD | - | - | 3,096 | 0.22 | |||
Individual applicants | 9,362 | 0.67 | 14th | - | |||
total | 1,391,717 | 100 | 344 | 44 | 1,403,354 | 100 | 89 * |
consequences
The first Thuringian state parliament was opened on October 25, 1990 in the German National Theater in Weimar . For Parliament President was Gottfried Müller (CDU) voted.
The state parliament elected Josef Duchač as Thuringian Prime Minister . He headed a coalition government with seven CDU and three FDP ministers. In February 1992 Duchač was replaced by Bernhard Vogel after Stasi allegations .
See also
- List of members of the Thuringian state parliament (1st electoral period)
- List of state electoral districts in Thuringia 1990
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landtag elections Free State of Thuringia, second vote elections in Germany
- ^ Thuringian regional returning officer: State elections - election results