The 2009 Saarland state election was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the

Landtag of Saarland The Landtag of the Saarland is the state diet (assembly), diet of the German federal state of Saarland. It convenes in Saarbrücken and currently consists of 51 members of five parties. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) is the largest ...

. It was held on the same day as state elections in

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and

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. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by

Minister-President A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. It ...

Peter Müller lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and

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, and Müller was re-elected as Minister-President. This was the first Jamaica coalition formed in Germany.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.

Opinion polling

Election result

Both the CDU and SPD suffered significant losses, losing almost 20% of vote share between them. This came primarily to the benefit of The Left, which achieved by far its best result in a western state, debuting at 21.3%.

and Free Democratic Party (FDP) also benefited to a lesser degree. As in a number of western states during the 2007–2009 period, the entry of The Left meant that neither the CDU–FDP nor SPD–Green coalitions won a majority.The Greens Are About to Churn Up Germany's Party System
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2009 Saarland state election - composition chart

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 184,537 , align= 34.5 , align= 13.0 , align= 19 , align= 8 , align= 37.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(SPD) , align= 131,241 , align= 24.5 , align= 6.3 , align= 13 , align= 5 , align= 25.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 113,664 , align= 21.3 , align= 19.0 , align= 11 , align= 11 , align= 21.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 49,064 , align= 9.2 , align= 4.0 , align= 5 , align= 2 , align= 9.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

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Family Party of Germany The Family Party of Germany (german: Familienpartei Deutschlands) is a minor conservative political party in Germany. It has elected members to several local councils in the state of Saarland. In the 2005 federal elections, the Family Party rece ...

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Notes

References

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Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

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