Brandenburg state election, 1999
- PDS: 22
- SPD: 37
- CDU: 25
- DVU: 5
The third state elections were held in Brandenburg simultaneously on 5 September 1999 state elections in Saarland instead. 54.30 % of just over 2 million eligible voters participated in this election. The voter turnout was down compared to the 1994 election.
Turn came for the SPD Minister Manfred Stolpe on, for the CDU for the first time the previous interior minister of the state of Berlin, Brandenburg, has.
The SPD lost this time, although almost 15 percentage points, but remained the strongest party. The CDU increased by almost 8 percentage points and both parties formed a grand coalition. The PDS was able to recover ( 4.63 percentage points). New in the state legislature, the right-wing DVU pulled a with just over 5%. The Greens and FDP lost more votes and made it therefore again not in the state legislature. The SPD won 37 of 44 constituencies, and thus won an overhang mandate.
The inaugural meeting was held on 29 September 1999.
The formation of the grand coalition with the result that the generally regarded as very popular for Social Regine Hildebrandt retired inter alia, on his own request from the government, as they had preferred a coalition with the PDS.