The 2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the 5th

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

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by

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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 ...

lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the

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(SPD).

Parties

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

Opinion polling

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 326,721 , align= 36.2 , align= 1.1 , align= 40 , align= 8 , align= 41.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left.PDS (Linke) , align= 217,295 , align= 24.1 , align= 3.7 , align= 26 , align= 1 , align= 26.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 192,754 , align= 21.4 , align= 1.4 , align= 24 , align= 1 , align= 24.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 60,209 , align= 6.7 , align= 6.6 , align= 7 , align= 10 , align= 7.2 , - ! colspan=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 ...

(Grüne) , align= 32,117 , align= 3.6 , align= 1.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

German People's Union The German People's Union (german: Deutsche Volksunion, DVU, also ''Liste D'') was a political party in Germany. It was founded by publisher Gerhard Frey as an informal association in 1971 and established as a party in 1987. Financially, it was l ...

(DVU) , align= 26,905 , align= 3.0 , align= 3.0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , , align=left , Parent Party (Eltern) , align= 14,499 , align= 1.6 , align= 1.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 31,754 , align= 3.5 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 902,254 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 97 ! align= 18 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 44.4 ! align= 12.1 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics Office
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