The 1999 Thuringian state election was held on 12 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd

Landtag of Thuringia The Landtag of Thuringia is the parliament of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 90 members from six parties. According to the free state's constitution, the primary functions of the Landtag ...

. The incumbent government was a

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and

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(SPD) led by

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Bernhard Vogel Bernhard Vogel (; born 19 December 1932) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. ...

. The CDU won an absolute majority in the election and formed government alone; Vogel continued as Minister-President.

Parties

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

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 592,474 , align= 51.0 , align= 8.4 , align= 49 , align= 7 , align= 55.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 247,906 , align= 21.3 , align= 4.7 , align= 21 , align= 4 , align= 23.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 214,801 , align= 18.5 , align= 11.1 , align= 18 , align= 11 , align= 20.5 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

German People's Union The German People's Union (german: Deutsche Volksunion, DVU, also ''Liste D'') was a political party in Germany. It was founded by publisher Gerhard Frey as an informal association in 1971 and established as a party in 1987. Financially, it was l ...

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Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

(Grüne) , align= 21,617 , align= 1.9 , align= 2.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 31,001 , align= 1.1 , align= 2.1 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 34,996 , align= 3.0 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,161,181 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 88 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 59.9 ! align= 14.9 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

Landtagswahl 1999 in Thüringen - endgültiges Ergebnis
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1999 elections in Germany