The 1999 Brandenburg state election was held on 5 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) majority government led by Minister-President Manfred Stolpe lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Stolpe continued as Minister-President.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Brandenburg.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan=2 colspan=3| Name
! rowspan=2| Ideology
! rowspan=2| Leader(s)
! colspan=2| 1994 result
|-
! Votes (%)
! Seats
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| SPD
| Social Democratic Party of Germany<br>
| Social democracy
| Manfred Stolpe
| align=center| 54.1%
|
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| CDU
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany<br>
| Christian democracy
| Jörg Schönbohm
| align=center| 18.7%
|
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| PDS
| Party of Democratic Socialism<br>
| Democratic socialism
|
| align=center| 18.7%
|
|}
Opinion polling
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"
|- style="height:40px;"
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm
! style="width:140px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date
! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample<br>size
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPD
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| CDU
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| PDS
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| DVU
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 1999 state election
| data-sort-value="1999-09-05"| 5 Sep 1999
| –
| | 39.3
| 26.5
| 23.3
| 1.9
| 1.9
| 5.3
| 1.7
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12.7
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-08-27"| 18–24 Aug 1999
| 1,000
| | 44
| 23
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 21
|-
| dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-08-18"| 2–11 Aug 1999
| 1,014
| | 42
| 27
| 20
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 15
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="1999-08-12"| August 1999
| 1,002
| | 44
| 23
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-07-09"| 28 Jun–4 Jul 1999
| 1,000
| | 42
| 29
| 20
| 3
| 1
| –
| 5
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13
|-
| dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-06-26"| 18–22 Jun 1999
| 1,021
| | 40
| 27
| 21
| 3
| 2
| –
| 7
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-05-29"| 17–22 May 1999
| 1,000
| | 50
| 25
| 18
| 3
| 1
| –
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 25
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-03-23"| 15–21 Mar 1999
| 1,000
| | 51
| 23
| 18
| 3
| 2
| –
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 28
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1998-12-04"| 23–28 Nov 1998
| 1,000
| | 55
| 18
| 18
| 4
| 3
| –
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 37
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1998-04-07"| 21–29 Mar 1998
| 1,000
| | 58
| 15
| 17
| 4
| 2
| –
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 43
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 1994 state election
| data-sort-value="1994-09-11"| 5 Sep 1994
| –
| | 54.1
| 18.7
| 18.7
| 2.9
| 2.2
| –
| 3.1
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 35.4
|}
Election result
Sources
- The Federal Returning Officer