The 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 20 March 2011 to elect the members of the 6th
Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
The Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt is the parliament of the Germany, German States of Germany, federal state Saxony-Anhalt. It convenes in Magdeburg and currently consists of 97 members of six parties. The current majority is a coalition of the Social ...
. The incumbent
grand coalition
A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political parties of opposing political ideologies unite in a coalition government. The term is most commonly used in countries where there are t ...
of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and
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.
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(SPD) led by
Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer
Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27 January 1936) is a German politician ( CDU) and was the 5th Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt from 16 May 2002 to 19 April 2011. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2002/03. He formerly worked as a medical doc ...
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.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
Opinion polling
Election result
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! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
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! Seats %
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 323,019
, align= 32.5
, align= 3.7
, align= 41
, align= 1
, align= 39.0
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, align=left ,
The Left (Linke)
, align= 235,011
, align= 23.7
, align= 0.4
, align= 29
, align= 3
, align= 27.6
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, 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= 215,611
, align= 21.5
, align= 0.1
, align= 26
, align= 2
, align= 24.8
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, 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 ...
(Grüne)
, align= 70,922
, align= 7.1
, align= 3.5
, align= 9
, align= 9
, align= 8.6
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
National Democratic Party (NPD)
, align= 45,826
, align= 4.6
, align= 1.6
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
*Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...
(FDP)
, align= 38,173
, align= 3.8
, align= 2.9
, align= 0
, align= 7
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Voters (FW)
, align= 28,193
, align= 2.8
, align= 2.3
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Human Environment Animal Protection
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(Tierschutz)
, align= 15,724
, align= 1.6
, align= 1.6
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, align=left ,
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)
, align= 13,828
, align= 1.4
, align= 1.4
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left , Others
, align= 9,195
, align= 0.9
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, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 993,502
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! align= 105
! align= 8
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 51.2
! align= 6.8
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Notes
References
Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics OfficeStatistics about the Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 on Tagesschau.de
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