2024 Saxony state election

2024 Saxony state election
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All 120 seats in the Landtag of Saxony
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,367,607 (74.4%)
Increase 8.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michael Kretschmer Jörg Urban Sabine Zimmermann
Party CDU AfD BSW
Last election 45 seats, 32.1% 38 seats, 27.5% Did not exist
Seats won 41 40 15
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 2 Increase 15
Popular vote 749,114 719,279 277,568
Percentage 31.9% 30.6% 11.8%
Swing Decrease 0.2 pp Increase 3.1 pp New party
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Petra Köpping Wolfram Günther &
Katja Meier 		Susanne Schaper
Party SPD Greens Left
Last election 10 seats, 7.7% 12 seats, 8.6% 14 seats, 10.4%
Seats won 10 7 6
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 5 Decrease 8
Popular vote 172,021 119,980 104,891
Percentage 7.3% 5.1% 4.5%
Swing Decrease 0.4 pp Decrease 3.5 pp Decrease 5.9 pp
  Seventh party
 
FW
Leader Matthias Berger
Party FW
Last election 0 seats, 3.4%
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 53,027
Percentage 2.3%
Swing Decrease 1.1 pp
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election

Kretschmer II
CDU–Greens–SPD

Government after election

TBD

The 2024 Saxony state election was held on 1 September 2024 to elect members to the 8th Landtag of Saxony. It was held on the same day as the 2024 Thuringian state election.[1] Going into the election, the state government was led by Michael Kretschmer of the CDU as Minister-President, in a coalition with the Greens and the SPD.

The CDU remained the largest party with slight losses, followed closely by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) which obtained its best ever result. The SPD remained steady while the Greens fell to just over 5% of the vote; the incumbent coalition lost its majority.[2][3][4] The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance ran for the first time and won 12% and fifteen seats. The Left fell below the 5% electoral threshold but retained its representation in the Landtag after winning two direct constituencies. The Free Voters of Saxony (FW) elected a single member after lead candidate Matthias Berger won the constituency of Leipzig-Land III.[5][6]

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  5. ^ Achterberg, Beatrice (2 September 2024). "Landtagswahlen 2024: Koalitionsmöglichkeiten in Sachsen und Thüringen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Germany: Thuringia and Saxony elections propel far-right AfD". Deutsche Welle. 1 September 2024. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.