Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011

Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011
Saxony-Anhalt
March 20, 2011
All 105 seats of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
53 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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

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