2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 20 March 2011 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer retained its majority and continued in office. Böhmer retired at this election, and his successor Reiner Haseloff was elected as the new Minister-President after the coalition was confirmed.

2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election
20 March 2011
All 105 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout993,502 (51.2%)
Increase 6.8%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Reiner Haseloff Wulf Gallert
Party CDU Left
Last election 40 seats, 36.2% 26 seats, 24.1%
Seats won 41 29
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 323,019 235,011
Percentage 32.5% 23.7%
Swing Decrease 3.7% Decrease 0.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jens Bullerjahn Claudia Dalbert
Party SPD Greens
Last election 24 seats, 21.4% 0 seats, 3.6%
Seats won 26 9
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 9
Popular vote 213,611 70,922
Percentage 21.5% 7.1%
Swing Increase 0.1% Increase 3.5%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Wolfgang Böhmer
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Reiner Haseloff
CDU

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2006 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Reiner Haseloff 36.2%
40 / 97
Linke The Left
Die Linke		 Democratic socialism Wulf Gallert 24.1%
26 / 97
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Jens Bullerjahn 21.4%
24 / 97
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism 6.7%
7 / 97

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU Linke SPD FDP Grüne NPD Others Lead
2011 state election 20 Mar 2011 – 32.5 23.7 21.5 3.8 7.1 4.6 6.7 8.8
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 8–10 Mar 2011 1,680 32 24 24 5 5 5 5 8
Infratest dimap 8–10 Mar 2011 1,001 33.0 25.0 24.0 4.5 5.5 5.0 3.0 8.0
Emnid 11–17 Feb 2011 1,000 31 27 22 5 7 5 3 4
Infratest dimap 11–15 Feb 2011 1,000 32 26 23 5 7 4 3 6
Infratest dimap 14–18 Jan 2011 1,000 32 28 22 4 8 3 3 4
Infratest dimap 16–20 Sep 2010 1,001 30 30 21 5 9 – 5 Tie
Emnid 4–14 Aug 2010 1,000 30 27 22 5 7 – 9 3
Infratest dimap 11–15 Mar 2010 1,000 34 29 20 8 5 – 4 5
Infratest dimap 8–12 May 2009 1,000 33 25 24 7 6 2 3 8
Infratest dimap 10–12 Apr 2007 1,000 35 25 24 7 4 – 5 10
IWD 7–13 Oct 2006 750 31.2 19.8 28.2 5.6 4.5 – 10.7 3.0
2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 – 36.2 24.1 21.4 6.7 3.6 3.0 5.1 12.1

Election result
Summary of the 20 March 2011 election results for the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 323,019 32.5 Decrease3.7 41 Increase1 39.0
The Left (Linke) 235,011 23.7 Decrease0.4 29 Increase3 27.6
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 215,611 21.5 Increase0.1 26 Increase2 24.8
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 70,922 7.1 Increase3.5 9 Increase9 8.6
National Democratic Party (NPD) 45,826 4.6 Increase1.6[lower-alpha 1] 0 ±0[lower-alpha 2] 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 38,173 3.8 Decrease2.9 0 Decrease7 0
Free Voters (FW) 28,193 2.8 Increase2.3 0 ±0 0
Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutz) 15,724 1.6 Increase1.6 0 ±0 0
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 13,828 1.4 Increase1.4 0 ±0 0
Others 9,195 0.9 0 ±0 0
Total 993,502 100.0 105 Increase8
Voter turnout 51.2 Increase6.8
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 32.51%
DIE LINKE
 
 23.65%
SPD
 
 21.50%
GRÜNE
 
 7.14%
NPD
 
 4.61%
FDP
 
 3.84%
Other
 
 6.74%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 39.05%
DIE LINKE
 
 27.62%
SPD
 
 24.76%
GRÜNE
 
 8.57%

Notes
  1. Compared to results for the DVU, which merged into the NPD in 2010.
  2. Compared to results for the DVU, which merged into the NPD in 2010.

References
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