Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011

Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011

March 20, 2011
All 105 seats of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 53 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   100px 100px 100px Leader Reiner Haseloff Wulf Gallert Jens Bullerjahn Party CDU Left SPD Seats won 41 29 26 Seat change +1 +3 +2 Percentage 32.5 23.7 21.5 Swing -3.7 -0.4 +0.1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Claudia Dalbert Matthias Heyder Veit Wolpert Party Green NPD FDP Seats won 9 0 0 Seat change +9 0 -7 Percentage 7.1 4.6 3.8 Swing +3.6 +4.6 -2.8
Minister-President before election Wolfgang Böhmer CDU Elected Minister-President Reiner Haseloff CDU

The Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on March 20, 2011 in Saxony-Anhalt for the 20th legislative period of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The Minister-President since 2002 has been Wolfgang Böhmer (CDU), who formed a grand coalition with the SPD after the previous state election in 2006. He did not run for re-election.

Results

 Summary of the March 20, 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state Landtag election results

Parties		Votes	Vote % (change)		Seats (change)		Seat % (change)
	Christian Democratic Union	322,897	32.5	-3.7	41	+1	39.0
	The Left	234,917	23.7	-0.4	29	+3	27.6
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	213,586	21.5	+0.1	26	+2	24.8
	Alliance '90/The Greens	70,906	7.1	+3.6	9	+9	8.6
	National Democratic Party of Germany	45,697	4.6	+4.6	0	0	-
	Free Democratic Party	38,172	3.8	-2.8	0	-7	-
	Free Voters	28,181	2.8	+2.8	-	-	-
	Animal Protection Party	15,727	1.6	+1.6	-	-	-
	Pirate Party Germany	13,828	1.4	+1.4	-	-	-
	All Others	9,283	1.0	-4.1	-	-	-
	Totals	993,175	100.0		105		100.0

Post-election

On April 19, 2011, Reiner Haseloff was elected the new Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt and he continues the Grand coalition with the Social Democrats.

References

• Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics Office
• Statistics about the Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 on Tagesschau.de (German)