Saarland state election, 1999

The Saarland state election, 1999, was conducted on September 5, 1999, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Saarland.

Results

Party Party List votes Vote percentage Total Seats Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 253,856 45.5% (+6.9) 26 (+5) 51.0%
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 247,311 44.4% (-5.3) 25 (-2) 49.0%
Alliance '90/The Greens (Grüne) 18,106 3.2% (-2.3) 0 (-3) 0.0%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 14,259 2.6% (+0.5) 0 (+0) 0.0%
The Republicans (REP) 7,328 1.3% (-0.1) 0 (+0) 0.0%
Family Party (Familie) 5,623 1.0% (+0.5) 0 (+0) 0.0%
All Others 10,845 2.0% (-0.6) 0 (+0) 0.0%
Totals 557,337 100.0% 51 100.0%

Post-election

The CDU gained an overall majority and Peter Müller was elected as Prime Minister instead of Reinhard Klimmt (SPD).

Sources

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