2012 Saarland state election

2012 Saarland state election

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All 51 seats of the Landtag of the Saarland 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	481,294 (61.6%) 6.0%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Heiko Maas Oskar Lafontaine Party CDU SPD Left Last election 19 seats, 34.5% 13 seats, 24.5% 11 seats, 21.3% Seats won 19 17 9 Seat change 0 4 2 Popular vote 169,617 147,170 77,612 Percentage 35.2% 30.6% 16.1% Swing 0.7% 6.1% 5.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jasmin Maurer Simone Peter Party Pirates Greens Last election Did not contest 3 seats, 5.9% Seats won 4 2 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 35,656 24,252 Percentage 7.4% 5.0% Swing 7.4% 0.9%
Minister-President before election Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer CDU Elected Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer CDU

The 2012 Saarland state election was held in on 25 March 2012 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The election was triggered by the collapse of the previous coalition government comprising the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Free Democratic Party (FDP), and The Greens. The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Kramp-Karrenbauer was re-elected as Minister-President.^[1][2]