1999 Brandenburg state election

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.

1999 Brandenburg state election
5 September 1999
All 89 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,102,360 (54.3%)
Decrease 2.0%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manfred Stolpe Jörg Schönbohm
Party SPD CDU
Leader's seat Cottbus II State-wide party list
Last election 52 seats, 54.1% 18 seats, 18.7%
Seats won 37 25
Seat change Decrease 15 Increase 7
Popular vote 433,521 292,634
Percentage 39.3% 26.5%
Swing Decrease 14.8% Increase 7.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
PDS
DVU
Leader Wolfgang Thiel Axel Hesselbarth
Party PDS DVU
Leader's seat State-wide party list Did not run
Last election 18 seats, 18.7% Did not contest
Seats won 22 5
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 5
Popular vote 257,309 58,247
Percentage 23.3% 5.3%
Swing Increase 4.6% Increase 5.3%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election

Stolpe II
SPD majority

 Government after election

Stolpe III
SPD–CDU

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Brandenburg.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Manfred Stolpe 54.1%
52 / 88
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Jörg Schönbohm 18.7%
18 / 88
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus		 Democratic socialism 18.7%
18 / 88

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 SPD CDU PDS Grüne FDP DVU Others Lead
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
Summary of the 5 September 1999 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 433,521 39.3 Decrease14.8 37 Decrease15 41.6
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 292,634 26.5 Increase7.8 25 Increase7 28.1
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 257,309 23.3 Increase4.6 22 Increase4 24.7
German People's Union (DVU) 58,247 5.3 Increase5.3 5 Increase5 2.6
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 21,410 1.9 Decrease1.0 0 ±0 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 20,472 1.9 Decrease0.3 0 ±0 0
Others 18,767 1.7 0 ±0 0
Total 1,102,360 100.0 89 Increase1
Voter turnout 54.3 Decrease2.0
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 39.33%
CDU
 
 26.55%
PDS
 
 23.34%
DVU
 
 5.28%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 1.94%
FDP
 
 1.86%
Other
 
 1.70%
Landtag seats
SPD
 
 41.57%
CDU
 
 28.09%
PDS
 
 24.72%
DVU
 
 5.62%

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