| Election Name: | 1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Country: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1950 East German state elections |
| Previous Year: | 1950 (GDR) |
| Next Election: | 1994 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
| Seats For Election: | All 106 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt |
| Majority Seats: | 54 |
| Election Date: | 14 October 1990 |
| Turnout: | 1,412,512 (65.1%) |
| Leader1: | Gerd Gies |
| Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Seats1: | 48 |
| Popular Vote1: | 550,815 |
| Percentage1: | 39.0% |
| Leader2: | Reinhard Höppner |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Seats2: | 27 |
| Popular Vote2: | 367,254 |
| Percentage2: | 26.0% |
| Leader3: | Gerd Brunner |
| Party3: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Seats3: | 14 |
| Popular Vote3: | 190,800 |
| Percentage3: | 13.5% |
| Leader4: | Roland Claus |
| Party4: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
| Seats4: | 12 |
| Popular Vote4: | 169,319 |
| Percentage4: | 12.0% |
| Party5: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Seats5: | 5 |
| Popular Vote5: | 74,696 |
| Percentage5: | 5.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Minister-President | |
| After Election: | Gerd Gies |
| After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
The 1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It was the first election held in Saxony-Anhalt since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Gerd Gies emerged as the largest party with 39.0%, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 26.0%. The CDU formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Gies became Saxony-Anhalt's first post-reunification Minister-President.
The table below lists parties which won seats in the election.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Gerd Gies | ||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | |||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | Gerd Brunner | ||
| bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | |||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | The Greens | Green politics | |||
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! Seats ! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 550,815| align=right| 39.0| align=right| 48| align=right| 45.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 367,254| align=right| 26.0| align=right| 27| align=right| 25.5|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 190,800| align=right| 13.5| align=right| 14| align=right| 13.2|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 169,319| align=right| 12.0| align=right| 12| align=right| 11.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 74,696| align=right| 5.3| align=right| 5| align=right| 4.7|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | German Social Union (DSU)| align=right| 24,144| align=right| 1.7| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=#3A60D7| | align=left | Democratic Women's League (DFD)| align=right| 15,628| align=right| 1.1| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 19,856| align=right| 1.4| align=right| 0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 1,412,512! align=right| 100.0! align=right| 106! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 65.1! align=right| ! align=right| |}