Politics of Saxony

The politics of the German state of Saxony take place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Saxony-Anhalt. The three main parties are the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the populist left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).[1]

Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Landtag of Saxony. This regional parliament or legislature then elects the Minister-President and confirms the cabinet members.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been the largest party in every election since the first election in 1990 Saxony state election following the reunification of Germany.

List of minister-presidents of Saxony

There have been four minister-presidents of Saxony since reunification.[2]

  1. 1990 - 2002: Kurt Biedenkopf (CDU)
  2. 2002 - 2008: Georg Milbradt (CDU)
  3. 2008 - 2017: Stanislaw Tillich (CDU)
  4. Since 2017: Michael Kretschmer (CDU)

Landtag of Saxony

Party strength in the Landtag

Election year Total
seats 		Seats won
CDU SPD PDS FDP Grüne NDP Linke AfD BSW FW
1990 160 92 32 17 9 10
1994 120 77 22 21
1999 120 76 14 21
2004 124 55 13 31 7 6 12
2009 132 58 14 14 9 8 29
2014 126 59 18 8 27 14
2019 119 45 10 12 14 38
2024 120 41 10 7 6 40 15 1

Legislative compositions

State election results maps

Constituencies in the Landtag

Since 2014

No Constituency Member 2024 2019 2014
1 Vogtland 1 Jörg Schmidt CDU AfD CDU
2 Vogtland 2 Sören Voigt CDU CDU CDU
3 Vogtland 3 René Standke AfD CDU CDU
Vogtland 4 Abolished CDU CDU
4 Zwickau 1 Kerstin Nicolaus CDU CDU CDU
5 Zwickau 2 Heiko Gumprecht AfD CDU CDU
6 Zwickau 3 Jonas Dünzel AfD CDU CDU
7 Zwickau 4 Daniela Pfeifer CDU CDU CDU
8 Zwickau 5 Mike Moncsek AfD CDU CDU
9 Chemnitz 1 Peter Patt CDU CDU CDU
10 Chemnitz 2 Alexander Dierks CDU CDU CDU
11 Chemnitz 3 Ines Saborowski CDU CDU CDU
12 Erzgebirge 1 Karja Dietz AfD CDU CDU
13 Erzgebirge 2 Peter Bachmann AfD CDU CDU
14 Erzgebirge 3 Thomas Thumm AfD AfD CDU
15 Erzgebirge 4 Thomas Prantl AfD CDU CDU
16 Erzgebirge 5 Arthur Österle AfD CDU CDU
17 Mittelsachsen 1 Marko Winter AfD CDU CDU
18 Mittelsachsen 2 Romy Penz AfD AfD CDU
19 Mittelsachsen 3 Thomas Schmidt CDU CDU CDU
20 Mittelsachsen 4 René Standke AfD AfD CDU
Mittelsachsen 5 Abolished CDU CDU
21 Leipzig Land 1 Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch CDU CDU CDU
22 Leipzig Land 2 Oliver Fritzsche CDU CDU CDU
23 Leipzig Land 3 Matthias Berger FW CDU CDU
24 Leipzig Land 4 Kay Ritter CDU CDU CDU
25 Leipzig 1 Nam Duy Nguyen Left CDU CDU
26 Leipzig 2 René Standke CDU Left Left
27 Leipzig 3 Wolf-Dietrich Rost CDU CDU CDU
28 Leipzig 4 Juliane Nagel Left Green CDU
29 Leipzig 5 Andreas Nowak CDU Green CDU
30 Leipzig 6 Claudia Maicher Green CDU CDU
31 Leipzig 7 Rik Ulbricht CDU CDU CDU
32 Leipzig 8 Holger Gasse CDU Created in 2024
33 Nordsachsen 1 Tina Trompter CDU CDU CDU
34 Nordsachsen 2 Ferdinand Wiedeburg AfD CDU CDU
35 Nordsachsen 3 Tobias Heller AfD AfD CDU
36 Meißen 1 Carsten Hütter AfD AfD CDU
37 Meißen 2 Mario Beger AfD AfD CDU
38 Meißen 3 Thomas Kirste AfD AfD CDU
39 Meißen 4 Sven Eppinger CDU CDU CDU
40 Dresden 1 Christian Hartmann CDU CDU CDU
41 Dresden 2 Thomas Löser Grüne CDU CDU
42 Dresden 3 Christian Piwarz CDU CDU CDU
43 Dresden 4 Frank Kromer CDU CDU CDU
44 Dresden 5 Martin Modschiedler CDU Grüne CDU
45 Dresden 6 Barbara Klepsch CDU CDU CDU
46 Dresden 7 Felix Hitzig CDU CDU CDU
47 Dresden 8 Ingo Flemming CDU Created in 2024
48 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 1 Norbert Mayer AfD CDU CDU
49 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 2 André Barth AfD CDU CDU
50 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 3 Jan-Oliver Zwerg AfD AfD CDU
51 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 4 Martin Braukmann AfD AfD CDU
52 Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1 Frank Peschel AfD AfD CDU
53 Bautzen 2/Budyšin 2 Elaine Jentsch CDU CDU CDU
54 Bautzen 3/Budyšin 3 Timo Schreyer AfD AfD CDU
55 Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4 Doreen Schwietzer AfD AfD CDU
56 Bautzen 5/Budyšin 5 Jörg Urban AfD CDU CDU
57 Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1 Roberto Kuhnert AfD AfD CDU
58 Görlitz 2 Michael Kretschmer CDU CDU CDU
59 Görlitz 3 Roman Golombek AfD AfD CDU
60 Görlitz 4 Hajo Exner AfD CDU CDU

Constituencies in the Bundestag

No Constituency Member 2021 Voters 2017 2013 2009 2005 2002 1998 1994 1990
150 Nordsachsen René Bochmann AfD 161,279 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU SPD CDU CDU
151 Leipzig I Jens Lehmann CDU 224,100 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU CDU
152 Leipzig II Sören Pellmann Left 231,178 Left CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU CDU
153 Leipzig-Land Edgar Naujok AfD 212,854 CDU CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD CDU CDU
154 Meißen Barbara Lenk AfD 197,004 CDU CDU CDU Created for 2009 election
155 Bautzen I Karsten Hilse AfD 206,895 AfD CDU CDU Created for 2009 election
156 Görlitz Tino Chrupalla AfD 204,105 AfD CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU
157 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Steffen Janich AfD 199,703 AfD CDU CDU CDU CDU Created for 2002 election
158 Dresden I Markus Reichel CDU 228,643 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU
159 Dresden II – Bautzen II Lars Rohwer CDU 234,432 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU
160 Mittelsachsen Carolin Bachmann AfD 193,828 CDU CDU CDU Created for 2009 election
161 Chemnitz Detlef Müller SPD 188,691 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU CDU
162 Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II Mike Moncsek AfD 177,211 CDU CDU CDU Created for 2009 election
163 Erzgebirgskreis I Thomas Dietz AfD 210,941 CDU CDU CDU Created for 2009 election
164 Zwickau Matthias Moosdorf AfD 197,831 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU
165 Vogtlandkreis Yvonne Magwas CDU 184,973 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU SPD CDU CDU

Bundestag election results

Election year % won % won
CDU SPD PDS FDP Grüne NDP Linke AfD BSW
1990 100 49.5 18.2 9.0 12.4 5.9
1994 100 48.0 24.3 16.7 3.8 4.8
1998 100 32.7 29.1 20.0 3.7 4.4
2002 100 33.6 33.3 16.2 7.3 4.6
2005 100 30.0 24.5 10.2 4.8 4.8 22.8
2009 100 35.6 14.6 13.3 6.7 24.5
2013 100 42.6 14.6 3.1 4.9 20.0 6.8
2017 100 26.9 10.5 8.2 4.6 16.1 27.0
2021 100 17.2 19.3 11.0 8.6 9.3 24.6
2025 100 19.7 8.5 3.2 6.5 11.3 37.3 9.0

See also

References

  1. ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Referat Kommunikation und. "Wahlergebnisse - Wahlen - sachsen.de". www.wahlen.sachsen.de (in German).
  2. ^ Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Referat Kommunikation und. "Ehemalige Ministerpräsidenten - Ministerpräsident - sachsen.de". www.ministerpraesident.sachsen.de.
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