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

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and

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(SPD) 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 ...

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 Reiner Haseloff (born 19 February 1954) is a German politician who serves as the Minister-President, Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt. On 9 October 2020, he was elected President of the Bundesrat. His one-year term started on 1 November 2020. ...

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

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 323,019 , align= 32.5 , align= 3.7 , align= 41 , align= 1 , align= 39.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 235,011 , align= 23.7 , align= 0.4 , align= 29 , align= 3 , align= 27.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 215,611 , align= 21.5 , align= 0.1 , align= 26 , align= 2 , align= 24.8 , - , 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= 70,922 , align= 7.1 , align= 3.5 , align= 9 , align= 9 , align= 8.6 , - ! colspan=8, , - , 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 (FDP) , align= 38,173 , align= 3.8 , align= 2.9 , align= 0 , align= 7 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Free Voters Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of voters ...

(FW) , align= 28,193 , align= 2.8 , align= 2.3 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Human Environment Animal Protection The Human Environment Animal Protection Party (german: Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz, short form: Animal Protection Party, german: Tierschutzpartei, links=no) is a political party in Germany, founded in 1993. In 2014 one candidate was elected ...

(Tierschutz) , align= 15,724 , align= 1.6 , align= 1.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Pirate Party Germany The Pirate Party Germany (german: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the informat ...

(Piraten) , align= 13,828 , align= 1.4 , align= 1.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 9,195 , align= 0.9 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 993,502 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 105 ! align= 8 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 51.2 ! align= 6.8 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Notes

References

Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics OfficeStatistics about the Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 on Tagesschau.de
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