2009 Saxony state election

The 2009 Saxony state election was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Stanislaw Tillich retained its majority. However, the CDU chose to discontinue the coalition in favour of forming government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Tillich was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.

2009 Saxony state election
30 August 2009
All 132 seats of the Landtag of Saxony
67 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,797,349 (52.2%)
Decrease 7.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Stanislaw Tillich André Hahn Thomas Jurk
Party CDU Left SPD
Last election 55 seats, 41.1% 31 seats, 23.6%[lower-alpha 1] 13 seats, 9.8%
Seats won 58 29 14
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 722,983 370,359 187,261
Percentage 40.2% 20.6% 10.4%
Swing Decrease 0.9% Decrease 3.0% Increase 0.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Holger Zastrow Antje Hermenau Holger Apfel
Party FDP Greens NPD
Last election 7 seats, 5.9% 6 seats, 5.1% 12 seats, 9.2%
Seats won 14 9 8
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 3 Decrease 4
Popular vote 178,867 114,963 100,834
Percentage 10.0% 6.4% 5.6%
Swing Increase 4.1% Increase 1.3% Decrease 3.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Stanislaw Tillich
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Stanislaw Tillich
CDU

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Saxony.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2004 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Stanislaw Tillich 41.1%
55 / 124
Linke The Left
Die Linke		 Democratic socialism André Hahn 23.6%[lower-alpha 2]
31 / 124
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Thomas Jurk 9.8%
13 / 124
NPD National Democratic Party
Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Neo-Nazism Holger Apfel 9.2%
12 / 124
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism Holger Zastrow 5.9%
7 / 124
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics Antje Hermenau 5.1%
6 / 124

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU Linke SPD NPD FDP Grüne Others Lead
2009 state election 30 Aug 2009 – 40.2 20.6 10.4 5.6 10.0 6.4 6.8 19.6
Infratest dimap 18–20 Aug 2009 1,000 38 21 13 4.5 11.5 6 6 17
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 17–20 Aug 2009 1,000 42 20 11 6 11 6 4 22
IfM Leipzig 10–17 Aug 2009 1,000 41 20 14 5 10 6 4 21
Infratest dimap 7–11 Aug 2009 1,000 39 19 12 5 12 6 4 20
IfM Leipzig 6–9 Jul 2009 1,000 42 17 14 5 11 7 5 25
Infratest dimap 19–23 Jun 2009 1,000 40 20 13 5 12 6 4 20
Infratest dimap 8–12 May 2009 1,000 40 19 15 5 10 7 4 21
dimap 20–29 Apr 2009 2,004 42 18 13 5 11 6 5 24
IfM Leipzig 6–8 Apr 2009 1,000 43 17 18 4 9 6 3 25
IfM Leipzig 10–12 Mar 2009 1,007 42 17 18 5 9 6 3 24
approxima 6 Jan–13 Feb 2009 1,011 49 21 15 4 5 5 1 28
dimap 31 Oct–10 Nov 2008 2,000 42 20 18 3 9 6 2 22
IfM Leipzig 10–12 Nov 2008 1,003 39 19 16 6 9 6 5 20
approxima 28 Jun–22 Aug 2008 1,011 42.0 21.0 19.5 2.8 6.8 7.0 0.9 21.0
Infratest dimap 22–26 May 2008 1,000 35 29 16 3 9 4 4 6
IfM Leipzig 9–14 May 2008 1,003 44 20 20 5 5 5 1 24
Emnid 25 Feb–8 Mar 2008 1,000 40 23 16 4 7 5  ? 17
Emnid 13–27 Feb 2008 ~500 41 22 16 4 7 5  ? 19
Emnid 18–19 Jan 2008 750 41 21 15 5 7 5 6 20
approxima 1 Sep–7 Oct 2007 1,016 40 20 20 4 7 7 2 20
dimap 6–16 Nov 2007 996 39 22 16 5 8 6 4 17
Infratest dimap 10–11 Sep 2007 1,000 40 25 12 6 7 5 5 15
Forsa 20 Aug–4 Sep 2007 1,130 39 27 8 9 7 5 5 12
IfM Leipzig 20–22 Aug 2007 1,008 38 28 11 6 7 5 5 10
IfM Leipzig 15–18 Aug 2007 800 37 29 10 – 6 6 12 8
IfM Leipzig 13–14 Jul 2007 1,012 40 24 15 6 7 6 2 16
Forsa 12 Jul 2007  ? 41 26 8 8 6 6 5 15
IfM Leipzig March 2007 >1,000 41 21 18 5 6 6 3 20
IfM Leipzig 18–20 Dec 2006 805 42 23 13 – 7 5 10 19
dimap 28 Oct–8 Nov 2006 2,007 37 22 14 7 9 7 4 15
IfM Leipzig 21–22 Aug 2006 803 45 23 13 – 9 5 5 22
Emnid 29 May–24 Jun 2006 1,056 43 25 11 6 7 4 4 18
Emnid 9–13 Jan 2006 1,000 47 22 12 5 5 5 4 25
IfM Leipzig 19–20 Dec 2005 835 43 25 15 4 6 5 2 18
Emnid 16–24 Aug 2005 1,003 42 28 13 5 5 4 3 14
IfM Leipzig 12–19 May 2005 1,018 45 22 12 4 7 6 4 23
Emnid 3–31 Jan 2005 1,053 42 22 12 9 5 4 6 20
2004 state election 19 Sep 2004 – 41.1 23.6 9.8 9.2 5.9 5.1 5.3 17.5

Election result
Summary of the 30 August 2009 election results for the Landtag of Saxony
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 722,983 40.2 Decrease0.9 58 Increase3 43.9
The Left (Linke) 370,359 20.6 Decrease3.0[lower-alpha 3] 29 Decrease2[lower-alpha 4] 22.0
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 187,261 10.4 Increase0.6 14 Increase1 10.6
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 178,867 10.0 Increase4.1 14 Increase7 10.6
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 114,963 6.4 Increase1.3 9 Increase3 6.8
National Democratic Party (NPD) 100,834 5.6 Decrease3.6 8 Decrease4 6.1
Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutz) 36,932 2.1 Increase0.5 0 ±0 0
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 34,651 1.9 New 0 New 0
Free Saxony 24,287 1.4 Increase1.4 0 ±0 0
Others 26,212 1.5 0 ±0 0
Total 1,797,349 100.0 132 Increase8
Voter turnout 52.2 Decrease7.4
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 40.22%
DIE LINKE
 
 20.61%
SPD
 
 10.42%
FDP
 
 9.95%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 6.40%
NPD
 
 5.61%
Other
 
 6.79%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 43.94%
DIE LINKE
 
 21.97%
SPD
 
 10.61%
FDP
 
 10.61%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 6.82%
NPD
 
 6.06%

Notes
  1. Results for PDS.
  2. Results for PDS.
  3. Compared to results for PDS.
  4. Compared to results for PDS.

References
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