1990 German federal election

The **1990 German federal election**  were held on Sunday, December 2, 1990, to elect members of the German Bundestag.

It was the first election to take place in the newly reunified Germany and the first democratic all-German election since November 1932.

## Results

The CDU/CSU alliance led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl came first in a landslide victory with 43.8% of the vote and 319 seats in the Bundestag.

The SPD suffered its worst result since 1957, winning 33.5% of the vote and 239 seats. The FDP also did well winning 11.0% of the vote and 79 seats.

The newly formed Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) which was the successor to the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) won 17 seats despite only winning 2.4% nationwide.

This was due to the election being organised into two separate areas: the former West Germany and West Berlin; and the former East Germany and East Berlin. This also affected the Greens who won only 1.2% of the vote nationwide but won 8 seats.

## Aftermath

The CDU/CSU and the FDP formed their fourth coalition government with Kohl remaining as Chancellor.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1990 German federal election
- **type**: Legislative
- **ongoing**: No
- **country**: Germany
- **next year**: 1994
- **next election**: 1994 German federal election
- **seats for election**: All 662 seats in the German Bundestag, Bundestag
- **election date**: 2 December 1990
- **party1**: Christian Democratic Union of Germany, CDU/CSU
- **seats1**: **319**
- **last election1**: 44.3%, 223 seats
- **seats before1**: 297
- **image1**: KAS-Duchac, Josef-Bild-15465-2 (cropped) 1.jpg
- **image1 size**: 102px
- **candidate1**: Helmut Kohl
- **percentage1**: **43.8%**
- **popular vote1**: **20,358,096**
- **seat change1**: 14
- **swing1**: 0.5 pp
- **party2**: Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD
- **seats2**: 239
- **last election2**: 37.0%, 186 seats
- **seats before2**: 226
- **image2**: Oskar Lafontaine (1990).jpg
- **image2 size**: 106px
- **candidate2**: Oskar Lafontaine
- **percentage2**: 33.5%
- **seat change2**: 13
- **popular vote2**: 15,545,366
- **swing2**: 3.5 pp
- **party3**: Free Democratic Party (Germany), FDP
- **seats3**: 79
- **last election3**: 9.1%, 46 seats
- **seats before3**: 57
- **image3**: Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1990).jpg
- **image3 size**: 100px
- **candidate3**: Otto Graf Lambsdorff
- **percentage3**: 11.0%
- **seat change3**: 22
- **popular vote3**: 5,123,233
- **swing3**: 1.9 pp
- **party4**: Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany), PDS
- **seats4**: 17
- **last election4**: _Did not exist_
- **seats before4**: 24
- **image4**: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-1202-011, Berlin, Bundestagswahl, Gregor Gysi (cropped).jpg
- **image4 size**: 105px
- **seat change4**: 7
- **percentage4**: 2.4%
- **popular vote4**: 1,129,578
- **candidate4**: Gregor Gysi
- **swing4**: _New party_
- **party5**: Alliance 90/The Greens, Greens
- **seats5**: 8
- **last election5**: _Did not exist_
- **seats before5**: 7
- **seat change5**: 1
- **percentage5**: 1.2%
- **popular vote5**: 559,207
- **candidate5**: _None_
- **swing5**: _New party_
- **image5**: <div style="width:115px;"><span style="line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:30px;"> **B90** </span></div>
- **map image**: 1990 German federal election.svg
- **map caption**: Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.
- **majority seats**: 332