Saxony state election, 2009
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State elections took place in Saxony on 30 August 2009, the same day as the Saarland and Thuringia state elections. The election results decided control of the Landtag of Saxony (Saxony's parliament). Minister-President Stanislaw Tillich's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won enough seats in combination with their preferred partners, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) to enter into a coalition government, supplanting the grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
On September 30, 2009 Tillich (CDU) was re-elected to the office of Minister-President in coalition with the FDP.
Results
Party | Ideology | Vote % (change) | Seats (change) | Seat % | |||
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | Center-right | 40.2% | −0.9% | 58 | +3 | 43.9% | |
Linke (formerly PDS) | Left-wing, socialism | 20.6% | −3.0% | 29 | −2 | 22% | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | Center-left, social democracy | 10.4% | +0.6% | 14 | +1 | 10.6% | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | Classical liberalism | 10.0% | +4.1% | 14 | +7 | 10.6% | |
Alliance '90/The Greens (Die Grünen) | Green politics, center-left | 6.4% | +1.3% | 9 | +3 | 6.8% | |
National Democratic Party (NPD) | Far-right, nationalist | 5.6% | −3.6% | 8 | −4 | 6% | |
Animal Protection Party (Die Tierschutzpartei) | Environmentalism | 2.1% | +0.5% | ||||
Pirate Party (PIRATEN) | Pirate politics, freedom of information, intellectual property rights reform | 1.9% | +1.9% | ||||
Free Saxons (Freie Sachsen) | Independent | 1.4% | +1.4% | ||||
Party of Bible-Loyal Christians (PBC) | Religious conservatism | 0.4% | −0.3% | ||||
All Others | 1.0% | ||||||
Total | 100.0% | 132 | +8 | 100.0% |
Prior election
In the 2004 election, the center-right CDU failed to win an absolute majority of seats for the first time since Reunification in 1990. Minister-President Georg Milbradt was unable to form a government with his preferred coalition partner, the liberal FDP, but he was able to keep his office after entering into a grand coalition with the center-left (SPD).
Party | Ideology | Vote % (change) | Seats (change) | Seat % | |||
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | Center-right | 41.1% | −15.8% | 55 | −21 | 44.4% | |
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) [Now Linke] | Left Wing [2] | 23.6% | +1.4% | 31 | +1 | 25.0% | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | Center-left | 9.8% | −0.9% | 13 | −1 | 10.5% | |
National Democratic Party (NPD) | Far-right, nationalist | 9.2% | +7.8% | 12 | +12 | 9.7% | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | Free Market | 5.9% | +4.8% | 7 | +7 | 5.6% | |
Alliance '90/The Greens (Die Grünen) | Environmental, Center-left | 5.1% | +2.5% | 6 | +6 | 4.8% | |
Animal Protection Party (Tierschutzpartei) | Environmental | 1.6% | +1.6% | ||||
Gray Panthers (Graue) | Pensioner's advocacy | 0.9% | +0.6% | ||||
Party of Bible-Loyal Christians (PBC) | Religious, far-right | 0.7% | +0.4% | ||||
Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (BüSo) | LaRouche movement | 0.5% | +0.4% | ||||
Party for Rights, Freedom, Health (AUFBRUCH) | Environmental | 0.5% | +0.5% | ||||
German Social Union (DSU) | Conservative | 0.5% | +0.1% | ||||
Others | 0.4% | -3.1% | |||||
Total | 100.0% | 124 | +4 | 100.0% |
Turnout was at 59.6%, down from 61.1% in the 1999 election.
Opinion polling
The following opinion polls have been conducted during the campaign:[3]
Group | Date | CDU | The Left | SPD | NPD | FDP | Greens | Other |
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Institut für Marktforschung Leipzig | 22 August 2009 | 41% | 20% | 14% | 5% | 10% | 6% | 4% |
Infratest dimap | 12 August 2009 | 39% | 19% | 15% | 5% | 12% | 6% | 4% |
Institut für Marktforschung Leipzig | 16 July 2009 | 42% | 17% | 14% | 5% | 11% | 7% | 5% |
Infratest dimap | 25 June 2009 | 40% | 20% | 13% | 5% | 12% | 6% | 4% |
Infratest dimap | 14 May 2009 | 40% | 19% | 15% | 5% | 10% | 7% | 4% |
Infratest dimap | 5 May 2009 | 42% | 18% | 13% | 5% | 11% | 6% | 5% |
Institut für Marktforschung Leipzig | 21 April 2009 | 43% | 17% | 18% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 3% |
Institut für Marktforschung Leipzig | 24 March 2009 | 42% | 17% | 18% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 3% |
aproxima | 24 March 2009 | 49% | 21% | 15% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 1% |
Infratest dimap | 2 December 2008 | 42% | 20% | 18% | 3% | 9% | 6% | 2% |
Institut für Marktforschung Leipzig | 14 November 2008 | 39% | 19% | 16% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 5% |
References
- ↑ The Party of Democratic Socialism contested the previous election, but subsequently merged with the Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative to form The Left
- ↑ "Parties and Elections in Europe: Germany". Parties-and-Elections.de. 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ↑ http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/sachsen.htm