2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 20 March 2011 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer 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.

2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election
20 March 2011
All 105 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout993,502 (51.2%)
6.8%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Reiner Haseloff Wulf Gallert
Party CDU Left
Last election 40 seats, 36.2% 26 seats, 24.1%
Seats won 41 29
Seat change 1 3
Popular vote 323,019 235,011
Percentage 32.5% 23.7%
Swing 3.7% 0.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jens Bullerjahn Claudia Dalbert
Party SPD Green
Last election 24 seats, 21.4% 0 seats, 3.6%
Seats won 26 9
Seat change 2 9
Popular vote 213,611 70,922
Percentage 21.5% 7.1%
Swing 0.1% 3.5%
Minister-President before election

Wolfgang Böhmer
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Reiner Haseloff
CDU

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2006 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Reiner Haseloff 36.2%
40 / 97
Linke The Left
Die Linke		 Democratic socialism Wulf Gallert 24.1%
26 / 97
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Jens Bullerjahn 21.4%
24 / 97
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism 6.7%
7 / 97

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU Linke SPD FDP Grüne NPD Others Lead
2011 state election 20 Mar 2011 – 32.5 23.7 21.5 3.8 7.1 4.6 6.7 8.8
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 8–10 Mar 2011 1,680 32 24 24 5 5 5 5 8
Infratest dimap 8–10 Mar 2011 1,001 33.0 25.0 24.0 4.5 5.5 5.0 3.0 8.0
Emnid 11–17 Feb 2011 1,000 31 27 22 5 7 5 3 4
Infratest dimap 11–15 Feb 2011 1,000 32 26 23 5 7 4 3 6
Infratest dimap 14–18 Jan 2011 1,000 32 28 22 4 8 3 3 4
Infratest dimap 16–20 Sep 2010 1,001 30 30 21 5 9 – 5 Tie
Emnid 4–14 Aug 2010 1,000 30 27 22 5 7 – 9 3
Infratest dimap 11–15 Mar 2010 1,000 34 29 20 8 5 – 4 5
Infratest dimap 8–12 May 2009 1,000 33 25 24 7 6 2 3 8
Infratest dimap 10–12 Apr 2007 1,000 35 25 24 7 4 – 5 10
IWD 7–13 Oct 2006 750 31.2 19.8 28.2 5.6 4.5 – 10.7 3.0
2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 – 36.2 24.1 21.4 6.7 3.6 3.0 5.1 12.1

Election result

Summary of the 20 March 2011 election results for the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 323,019 32.5 3.7 41 1 39.0
The Left (Linke) 235,011 23.7 0.4 29 3 27.6
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 215,611 21.5 0.1 26 2 24.8
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 70,922 7.1 3.5 9 9 8.6
National Democratic Party (NPD) 45,826 4.6 1.6[lower-alpha 1] 0 ±0[lower-alpha 2] 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 38,173 3.8 2.9 0 7 0
Free Voters (FW) 28,193 2.8 2.3 0 ±0 0
Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutz) 15,724 1.6 1.6 0 ±0 0
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 13,828 1.4 1.4 0 ±0 0
Others 9,195 0.9 0 ±0 0
Total 993,502 100.0 105 8
Voter turnout 51.2 6.8
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 32.51%
DIE LINKE
 
 23.65%
SPD
 
 21.50%
GRÜNE
 
 7.14%
NPD
 
 4.61%
FDP
 
 3.84%
Other
 
 6.74%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 39.05%
DIE LINKE
 
 27.62%
SPD
 
 24.76%
GRÜNE
 
 8.57%

Notes
  1. Compared to results for the DVU, which merged into the NPD in 2010.
  2. Compared to results for the DVU, which merged into the NPD in 2010.
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