1999 Brandenburg state election
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All 89 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 1,102,360 (54.3%) 2.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winning candidates in direct mandates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Brandenburg state election was held on 5 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) majority government led by Minister-President Manfred Stolpe lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Stolpe continued as Minister-President.
Parties[]
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Brandenburg.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1994 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Manfred Stolpe | 54.1% | 52 / 88
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Jörg Schönbohm | 18.7% | 18 / 88
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| PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus |
Democratic socialism | 18.7% | 18 / 88
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Opinion polling[]
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
SPD | CDU | PDS | Grüne | FDP | DVU | Others | Lead |
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| 1999 state election | 5 Sep 1999 | – | 39.3 | 26.5 | 23.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| Infratest dimap | 18–24 Aug 1999 | 1,000 | 44 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| dimap | 2–11 Aug 1999 | 1,014 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| Forsa | August 1999 | 1,002 | 44 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| Infratest dimap | 28 Jun–4 Jul 1999 | 1,000 | 42 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 1 | – | 5 | 13 |
| dimap | 18–22 Jun 1999 | 1,021 | 40 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 2 | – | 7 | 13 |
| Infratest dimap | 17–22 May 1999 | 1,000 | 50 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 25 |
| Infratest dimap | 15–21 Mar 1999 | 1,000 | 51 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | 28 |
| Infratest dimap | 23–28 Nov 1998 | 1,000 | 55 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | – | 4 | 37 |
| Infratest dimap | 21–29 Mar 1998 | 1,000 | 58 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | 43 |
| 1994 state election | 5 Sep 1994 | – | 54.1 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 | – | 3.1 | 35.4 |
Election result[]
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 433,521 | 39.3 | 14.8
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37 | 15
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41.6 | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 292,634 | 26.5 |  7.8
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25 | 7
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28.1 | |
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 257,309 | 23.3 | 4.6
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22 | 4
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24.7 | |
| German People's Union (DVU) | 58,247 | 5.3 | 5.3
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5 | 5
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2.6 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 21,410 | 1.9 | 1.0
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0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 20,472 | 1.9 | 0.3
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0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Others | 18,767 | 1.7 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1,102,360 | 100.0 | 89 | 1
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| Voter turnout | 54.3 | 2.0
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Sources[]
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Categories:
- Elections in Brandenburg
- 1999 elections in Germany
- September 1999 events in Europe