German federal election, 1990

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The 12th German federal election, 1990 was conducted on December 2, 1990, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.

1 Issues and Campaign
2 Results
3 Post-election
4 Sources

[edit] Issues and Campaign

This was the first election conducted after German Reunification, and a large number of seats were added to represent the Eastern states without reducing the number of Western members. The euphoria following the reunification gave the ruling coalition a dramatic advantage in both Western and Eastern Germany throughout the campaign.

[edit] Results

All change figures are relative to the pre-existing West German Bundestag.

Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	17,055,116	36.7%	+2.3%	268	+94	40.5%
Christian Social Union (CSU)	3,302,980	7.1%	-2.7%	51	+2	7.7%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	5,123,233	11.0%	+1.9%	79	+33	11.9%
Social Democratic Party	15,545,366	33.5%	-3.5%	239	+53	36.1%
Alliance '90/The Greens (East)	559,207	1.2%	+1.2%	8	+8	1.2%
The Greens (West)	1,788,200	3.8%	-4.5%	0	-42	0.0%
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	1,129,578	2.4%	+2.4%	17	+17	2.6%
All Others	1,952,092	4.2%		0		0.0%
Totals	46,455,772	100.0%		662	+165	100.0%