| Election Name: | 1999 Saxony state election |
| Country: | Saxony |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Saxony state election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Saxony state election |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | All 120 seats in the Landtag of Saxony |
| Majority Seats: | 61 |
| Election Date: | 19 September 1999 |
| Turnout: | 2,164,072 (61.1%) 2.7 pp |
| Leader1: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
| Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 77 seats, 58.1% |
| Seats1: | 76 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,231,254 |
| Percentage1: | 56.9% |
| Swing1: | 1.2 pp |
| Color2: | BE3075 |
| Leader2: | Peter Porsch |
| Party2: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
| Last Election2: | 21 seats, 16.5% |
| Seats2: | 30 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 480,317 |
| Percentage2: | 22.2% |
| Swing2: | 5.7 pp |
| Leader3: | Karl-Heinz Kunckel |
| Party3: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election3: | 22 seats, 16.6% |
| Seats3: | 14 |
| Seat Change3: | 8 |
| Popular Vote3: | 204,438 |
| Percentage3: | 10.7% |
| Swing3: | 5.9 pp |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
| Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| After Election: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
| After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
The 1999 Saxony state election was held on 19 September 1999 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Kurt Biedenkopf retained its majority and continued in office.
As of 2024, this is the most recent Saxony state election, where a party received more than 50% of the vote. Every Saxony state election since 1999, The CDU has seen its support in elections decrease.
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Saxony.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1994 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Kurt Biedenkopf | 58.1% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Karl-Heinz Kunckel | 16.6% | |||
| bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | Peter Porsch | 16.5% | |||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | PDS | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 state election | data-sort-value="1999-09-19" | 19 Sep 1999 | – | 56.9 | 10.7 | 22.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 6.5 | 34.7 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1999-09" | Sep 1999 | – | 57 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 39 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1999-08" | Jul–Aug 1999 | 1,132 | 53 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 34 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1999-08" | Aug 1999 | – | 54 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 34 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-08" | Jul–Aug 1999 | 900 | 57 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 37 | |
| 1999 European election | data-sort-value="1999-06-13" | 13 Jun 1999 | – | 54.5 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 7.6 | 36.1 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-05" | Apr–May 1999 | 900 | 52 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 35 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1999-04" | Apr 1999 | 1,028 | 49 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-03" | Mar 1999 | 900 | 51 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 27 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1998-12" | Dec 1998 | – | 43 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | |
| 1998 federal election | data-sort-value="1998-09-27" | 27 Sep 1998 | – | 32.8 | 29.1 | 20.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 10.2 | 3.7 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1995-11" | Nov 1997 | – | 44 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1996-11" | Nov 1996 | – | 49 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1996-03" | Mar 1996 | – | 53 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 34 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1995-06" | Jun 1995 | – | 50 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 31 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1995-01" | Jan 1995 | – | 55 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 36 | |
| 1994 state election | data-sort-value="1994-09-11" | 11 Sep 1994 | – | 58.1 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 41.5 |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 1,231,254| align=right| 56.9| align=right| 1.2| align=right| 76| align=right| 1| align=right| 63.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 480,317| align=right| 22.2| align=right| 5.7| align=right| 30| align=right| 9| align=right| 25.0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 232,311| align=right| 10.7| align=right| 5.9| align=right| 14| align=right| 8| align=right| 11.7|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 55,609| align=right| 2.6| align=right| 1.5| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| | align=left | Pro Deutsche Mark (Pro DM)| align=right| 46,469| align=right| 2.1| align=right| 2.1| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP)| align=right| 32,793| align=right| 1.5| align=right| 0.2| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)| align=right| 29,593| align=right| 1.4| align=right| 1.4| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 23,369| align=right| 1.1| align=right| 0.6| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 32,357| align=right| 1.5| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 2,164,072! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 120! align=right| ±0! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 61.1! align=right| 2.7! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}