1990 Lower Saxony state election

The 1990 Lower Saxony state election was held on 13 May 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Ernst Albrecht was defeated. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and SPD leader Gerhard Schröder was elected Minister-President.

1990 Lower Saxony state election

13 May 1990
All 155 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,216,296 (74.6%) 2.7%
First party Second party   Leader Gerhard Schröder Rita Süssmuth Party SPD CDU Last election 66 seats, 42.1% 69 seats, 44.3% Seats won 71 67 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 1,865,267 1,771,974 Percentage 44.2% 42.0% Swing 2.1% 2.3%   Third party Fourth party   Party FDP Greens Last election 9 seats, 6.0% 11 seats, 7.1% Seats won 9 8 Seat change 0 3 Popular vote 252,615 229,846 Percentage 6.0% 5.5% Swing 0.0% 1.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election Ernst Albrecht CDU Elected Minister-President Gerhard Schröder SPD

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 11th Landtag of Lower Saxony.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1986 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Rita Süssmuth	44.3%	69 / 155
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Gerhard Schröder	42.1%	66 / 155
	Grüne	The Greens Die Grünen	Green politics		7.1%	11 / 155
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism		6.0%	9 / 155

Election result

Summary of the 13 May 1990 election results for the Landtag of Lower Saxony

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1,865,267	44.2	2.1	71	5	45.8
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,771,974	42.0	2.3	67	2	43.2
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	252,615	6.0	0.0	9	±0	5.8
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	229,846	5.5	1.6	8	3	5.2
	The Republicans (REP)	62,054	1.5	1.5	0	±0	0
	Others	34,540	0.8		0	±0	0
Total		4,216,296	100.0		155	±0
Voter turnout			74.6	2.7

Popular Vote SPD   44.24% CDU   42.03% FDP   5.99% GRÜNE   5.45% Other   2.29%

Landtag seats SPD   45.81% CDU   43.23% FDP   5.81% GRÜNE   5.16%

Sources

• Landtagswahlen in Niedersachsen