| Election Name: | 1998 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Country: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | All 116 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt |
| Majority Seats: | 59 |
| Election Date: | 26 April 1998 |
| Turnout: | 1,495,531 (71.5%) 16.7% |
| Leader1: | Reinhard Höppner |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 36 seats, 34.0% |
| Seats1: | 47 |
| Seat Change1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 536,501 |
| Percentage1: | 35.9% |
| Swing1: | 1.9% |
| Leader2: | Christopher Bergner |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Seats2: | 28 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 329,282 |
| Percentage2: | 22.0% |
| Swing2: | 12.4% |
| Leader4: | Petra Sitte |
| Party4: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
| Seats4: | 25 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 293,475 |
| Percentage4: | 19.6% |
| Swing4: | 0.3% |
| Image5: | DVU |
| Leader5: | Helmut Wolf |
| Party5: | German People's Union |
| Last Election5: | Did not run |
| Seats5: | 16 |
| Seat Change5: | 16 |
| Popular Vote5: | 192,352 |
| Percentage5: | 12.9% |
| Swing5: | 12.9% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Reinhard Höppner |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| After Election: | Reinhard Höppner |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
The 1998 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 April 1998 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent government was a minority coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Reinhard Höppner, supported by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered major losses, mostly to the national conservative German People's Union (DVU). The Greens fell out of the Landtag. After the election, the SPD formed a new minority government alone with the support of the PDS, and Höppner continued in office.
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1994 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | 34.4% | ||||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Reinhard Höppner | 34.0% | |||
| bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | 19.9% | ||||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 5.1% | ||||
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 536,501| align=right| 35.9| align=right| 1.9| align=right| 47| align=right| 11| align=right| 40.5|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 329,282| align=right| 22.0| align=right| 12.4| align=right| 28| align=right| 9| align=right| 24.1|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 293,475| align=right| 19.6| align=right| 0.3| align=right| 25| align=right| 4| align=right| 21.6|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU)| align=right| 192,352| align=right| 12.9| align=right| 12.9| align=right| 16| align=right| 16| align=right| 13.8|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 63,250| align=right| 4.2| align=right| 0.7| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 48,542| align=right| 3.2| align=right| 1.9| align=right| 0| align=right| 5| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 32,219| align=right| 2.1| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 1,495,531! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 116! align=right| 17! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 71.5! align=right| 16.7! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}