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
Turnout	993,502 (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 Greens 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%
Results for the single-member constituencies
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	0	±0	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 Party (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%

References

• Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics Office
• Statistics about the Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 on Tagesschau.de (in German)