1990 German Federal Election
Reunification election2 December 1990 · The Berlin Republic · 662 seats, 332 for a majority
A federal election was held in recently united Germany on 2 December 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Bundestag, within the regular time of nearly four years after the January 1987 West German federal election.
Chancellor before
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Chancellor (continued)
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
319 of 662 seats
Turnout
77.8%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Helmut Kohl | 319 | +14 | 20.358.096 | 43.8% | -0.5 | |
| SPD | Oskar Lafontaine | 239 | +13 | 15.545.366 | 33.5% | -3.5 | |
| FDP | Otto Graf Lambsdorff | 79 | +22 | 5.123.233 | 11.0% | +1.9 | |
| PDS | Gregor Gysi | 17 | -7 | 1.129.578 | 2.4% | — | |
| Greens (East) | — | 8 | +1 | 559.207 | 1.2% | — |