The 1998 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 April 1998 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent government was a minority coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Reinhard Höppner, supported by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered major losses, mostly to the national conservative German People's Union (DVU). The Greens fell out of the Landtag. After the election, the SPD formed a new minority government alone with the support of the PDS, and Höppner continued in office.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy 34.4% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Reinhard Höppner 34.0% PDS Party of Democratic Socialism Democratic socialism 19.9% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics 5.1%
Election result
| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 536,501 | align=right| 35.9 | align=right| 1.9 | align=right| 47 | align=right| 11 | align=right| 40.5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 329,282 | align=right| 22.0 | align=right| 12.4 | align=right| 28 | align=right| 9 | align=right| 24.1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 293,475 | align=right| 19.6 | align=right| 0.3 | align=right| 25 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 21.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU) | align=right| 192,352 | align=right| 12.9 | align=right| 12.9 | align=right| 16 | align=right| 16 | align=right| 13.8 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 63,250 | align=right| 4.2 | align=right| 0.7 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 48,542 | align=right| 3.2 | align=right| 1.9 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 5 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 32,219 | align=right| 2.1 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,495,531 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 116 ! align=right| 17 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 71.5 ! align=right| 16.7 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources Landtagswahl 1998