The 1990 Brandenburg state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first

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. It was the first election held in Brandenburg since the

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, which took place on 3 October. The

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(SPD) led by

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emerged as the largest party with 38.2% of the vote, followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 29.6%. The SPD subsequently formed Germany's first

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with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Alliance 90, and Stolpe became Brandenburg's first post-reunification

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Parties

The table below lists parties which won seats in the election.

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 487,134 , align= 38.2 , align= 36 , align= 40.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 374,572 , align= 29.4 , align= 27 , align= 30.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 170,804 , align= 13.4 , align= 13 , align= 14.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 84,501 , align= 6.6 , align= 6 , align= 6.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alliance 90 (B90) , align= 81,725 , align= 6.4 , align= 6 , align= 6.8 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(Grüne) , align= 36,238 , align= 2.8 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 14,631 , align= 1.1 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 24,301 , align= 1.9 , align= 0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,273,906 ! align= 100.0 ! align= 88 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 67.1 ! align= ! align=

Sources

Amtliches Endergebnis der Landtagswahl in Brandenburg 1990
{{Brandenburg state elections Elections in Brandenburg

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