The 1999 Saarland state election was held on 5 September 1999 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Reinhard Klimmt was defeated. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a narrow majority of one seat. CDU leader Peter Müller was subsequently elected minister-president.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.
{| 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
| Reinhard Klimmt
| align=center| 49.4%
|
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| CDU
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany<br>
| Christian democracy
| Peter Müller
| align=center| 38.6%
|
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| Grüne
| Alliance 90/The Greens<br>
| Green politics
| Christian Molitor
| align=center| 5.5%
|
|}
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:120px;" 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;"| Grüne
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 1999 state election
| data-sort-value="1999-09-05"| 5 Sep 1999
| –
| 44.4
| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 45.5
| 3.2
| 2.6
| 4.2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1.1
|-
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen
| data-sort-value="1999-08-31"| 31 Aug 1999
| 1,017
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 46
| 45
| 4
| 4
| 1
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-08-18"| 18 Aug 1999
| 1,000
| 43
| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 45
| 5
| 3
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-07-19"| 14–18 Jul 1999
| 1,000
| 43
| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 46
| 4.5
| 2
| 4.5
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-06-25"| 17–21 Jun 1999
| 1,000
| 42
| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 46
| 4
| 3
| 5
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4
|-
| Emnid
| data-sort-value="1999-04-09"| 25–29 Mar 1999
| 1,000
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 45
| 42
| 6
| 3
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="1999-03-31"| March 1999
| ?
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 51
| 41
| 4
| 2
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="1999-02-19"| 19 Feb 1999
| ?
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 51
| 36
| ?
| ?
| ?
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 15
|-
| Emnid
| data-sort-value="1999-01-30"| 30 Jan 1999
| ?
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 46
| 41
| 7
| 2
| ?
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 1994 state election
| data-sort-value="1994-10-16"| 16 Oct 1994
| –
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 49.4
| 38.6
| 5.5
| 2.1
| 4.4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10.8
|}
Election result
|-
| colspan=8 | center|350px
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
! Seats %
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| align=right| 253,856
| align=right| 45.5
| align=right| 6.9
| align=right| 26
| align=right| 5
| align=right| 51.0
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)
| align=right| 247,311
| align=right| 44.4
| align=right| 5.0
| align=right| 25
| align=right| 2
| align=right| 49.0
|-
! colspan=8|
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
| align=right| 18,106
| align=right| 3.2
| align=right| 2.3
| align=right| 0
| align=right| 3
| align=right| 0
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| align=right| 14,259
| align=right| 2.6
| align=right| 0.5
| align=right| 0
| align=right| ±0
| align=right| 0
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left | Others
| align=right| 23,805
| align=right| 4.2
| align=right|
| align=right| 0
| align=right| ±0
| align=right| 0
|-
! align=right colspan=2| Total
! align=right| 557,337
! align=right| 100.0
! align=right|
! align=right| 51
! align=right| ±0
! align=right|
|-
! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout
! align=right|
! align=right| 68.7
! align=right| 14.8
! align=right|
! align=right|
! align=right|
|}
Sources
- The Federal Returning Officer