The 1999 Saarland state election was held on 5 September 1999 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Reinhard Klimmt was defeated. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a narrow majority of one seat. CDU leader Peter Müller was subsequently elected minister-president.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Reinhard Klimmt 49.4% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Peter Müller 38.6% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics Christian Molitor 5.5%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD CDU Grüne FDP Others Lead 1999 state election 5 Sep 1999 – 44.4 45.5 3.2 2.6 4.2 1.1 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 31 Aug 1999 1,017 46 45 4 4 1 1 Infratest dimap 18 Aug 1999 1,000 43 45 5 3 4 2 Infratest dimap 14–18 Jul 1999 1,000 43 46 4.5 2 4.5 3 Infratest dimap 17–21 Jun 1999 1,000 42 46 4 3 5 4 Emnid 25–29 Mar 1999 1,000 45 42 6 3 4 3 Forsa March 1999 ? 51 41 4 2 2 10 Forsa 19 Feb 1999 ? 51 36 ? ? ? 15 Emnid 30 Jan 1999 ? 46 41 7 2 ? 5 1994 state election 16 Oct 1994 – 49.4 38.6 5.5 2.1 4.4 10.8
Election result
| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 253,856 | align=right| 45.5 | align=right| 6.9 | align=right| 26 | align=right| 5 | align=right| 51.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 247,311 | align=right| 44.4 | align=right| 5.0 | align=right| 25 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 49.0 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 18,106 | align=right| 3.2 | align=right| 2.3 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 14,259 | align=right| 2.6 | align=right| 0.5 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 23,805 | align=right| 4.2 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 557,337 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 51 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 68.7 ! align=right| 14.8 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources The Federal Returning Officer