2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election

2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election
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All 87 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
44 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,122,877 (61.1%)
Increase 9.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Reiner Haseloff André Poggenburg Wulf Gallert
Party CDU AfD Left
Last election 41 seats, 32.5% Did not exist 29 seats, 23.7%
Seats won 30 25 16
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 25 Decrease 13
Popular vote 334,139 272,496 183,290
Percentage 29.8% 24.3% 16.3%
Swing Decrease 2.7% New party Decrease 7.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Katrin Budde Claudia Dalbert
Party SPD Greens
Last election 26 seats, 21.5% 9 seats, 7.1%
Seats won 11 5
Seat change Decrease 15 Decrease 4
Popular vote 119,368 58,209
Percentage 10.6% 5.2%
Swing Decrease 10.9% Decrease 1.9%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Reiner Haseloff
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Reiner Haseloff
CDU

The 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff lost its majority. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) debuted at 24.3%, with every other parliamentary party recording losses, particularly the SPD and The Left.

The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the SPD and The Greens, which was dubbed the "Kenya coalition".[1] Haseloff was re-elected as Minister-President on 25 April.[2]

  1. ^ "Sealed first "Kenya" coalition in Saxony-Anhalt: Government". Archy World News. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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