Lower Saxony state election, 2017

Lower Saxony state election, 2017
Lower Saxony
15 October 2017
All 137 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
69 seats needed for a majority

Ministerpräsident before election

Stephan Weil
SPD

 Ministerpräsident-designate

TBD

A state election is scheduled to be held in Lower Saxony on 15 October 2017 to elect the 137 members of the Landtag.

In the 2013 elections, the SPD-Green coalition gained a one-seat majority and replaced the CDU-FDP coalition.

On 11 October 2016, the state cabinet decided to schedule the election for 14 January 2018.[1] In November 2016, the CDU nominated Bernd Althusmann as their Spitzenkandidat.[2]

On 7 August 2017, it was decided to hold the election almost three months early, due to the ruling coalition losing its one-seat majority after Elke Twesten switched allegiance from the Greens to the CDU.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Neuer Niedersächsischer Landtag wird am 14. Januar 2018 gewählt". Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei. 11 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "CDU nominiert Bernd Althusmann zum Spitzenkandidaten". NOZ. 26 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "German state of Lower Saxony to hold early election Oct. 15". ABC News. 7 August 2017.
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