The 1999 Saxony state election was held on 19 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd

Landtag of Saxony The Landtag of Saxony (german: Sächsischer Landtag), also known in English as the Saxon State Parliament, is the legislature of the Free State of Saxony, one of Germany's sixteen states. It is responsible for legislation, control of the govern ...

. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by

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Kurt Biedenkopf retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties

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

Opinion polling

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 1,231,254 , align= 56.9 , align= 1.2 , align= 76 , align= 1 , align= 63.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 480,317 , align= 22.2 , align= 5.7 , align= 30 , align= 9 , align= 25.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(SPD) , align= 232,311 , align= 10.7 , align= 5.9 , align= 14 , align= 8 , align= 11.7 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , align= 55,609 , align= 2.6 , align= 1.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , , align=left , Pro Deutsche Mark (Pro DM) , align= 46,469 , align= 2.1 , align= 2.1 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 32,793 , align= 1.5 , align= 0.2 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 29,593 , align= 1.4 , align= 1.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 23,369 , align= 1.1 , align= 0.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 32,357 , align= 1.5 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 2,164,072 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 120 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 61.1 ! align= 2.7 ! align= ! align= ! align= Elections, 1999 1999 elections in Germany September 1999 events in Europe {{Germany-election-stub