2009 Saarland local elections

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2009 Saarland local elections
Flag of Saarland.svg
 20047 June 2009 2014  

210 district council seats
1,753 municipal council seats
Turnout477,989 (57.21%)
Increase2.svg 1.08%
471,620 (57.34%)
Increase2.svg 1.06%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Peter Müller Heiko Maas Rolf Linsler
Party CDU SPD Linke
Last election112 seats, 47.00%
904 seats, 45.75%
84 seats, 36.05%
706 seats, 37.34%
0 seats, 1.89% [a]
0 seats, 0.44% [b]
Seats won83
704
71
619
25
165
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 29
Decrease2.svg 200
Decrease2.svg 13
Decrease2.svg 87
Increase2.svg 25
Increase2.svg 165
Popular vote169,535
171,045
149,167
153,527
59,451
49,197
Percentage36.67%
37.28%
32.26%
33.46%
12.86%
10.72%
SwingDecrease2.svg 10.33%
Decrease2.svg 8.47%
Decrease2.svg 3.79%
Decrease2.svg 3.88%
Increase2.svg 10.97%
Increase2.svg 10.28%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Leader Christoph Hartmann Hubert Ulrich &
Claudia Willger
Party FDP Greens
Last election2 seats, 4.31%
35 seats, 3.89%
8 seats, 5.83%
36 seats, 4.84%
Seats won14
83
12
75
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 12
Increase2.svg 48
Increase2.svg 4
Increase2.svg 39
Popular vote33,458
28,793
30,011
27,011
Percentage7.23%
6.27%
6.49%
5.89%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.92%
Increase2.svg 2.38%
Increase2.svg 0.66%
Increase2.svg 1.05%

The 2009 Saarland local elections were held on June 7, 2009 to elect members of Saarland's district councils and municipal councils. The elections were held on the same day as the 2009 European Parliament election in Germany.

Results

Germany's two historically dominant political parties, the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party, suffered significant losses, to the benefit of smaller parties. Die Linke was the biggest beneficiary of this trend, having emerged as a party from the unification of the Party of Democratic Socialism and Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative in 2007.

Summary of results for the 2009 Saarland local elections [1]
PartyVotes (District) %+/-Seats+/-Votes (Municipal) %+/-Seats+/-
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)169,53536.67Decrease2.svg 10.3383Decrease2.svg 29171,04537.28Decrease2.svg 8.47704Decrease2.svg 200
Social Democratic Party (SPD)149,16732.26Decrease2.svg 3.7971Decrease2.svg 13153,52733.46Decrease2.svg 3.88619Decrease2.svg 87
Die Linke 59,45112.86Increase2.svg 10.9725Increase2.svg 2549,19710.72Increase2.svg 10.28125Increase2.svg 125
Free Democratic Party (FDP)33,4587.23Increase2.svg 2.9214Increase2.svg 1228,7936.27Increase2.svg 2.3883Increase2.svg 48
The Greens (Grüne)30,0116.49Increase2.svg 0.6612Increase2.svg 427,0115.89Increase2.svg 1.0575Increase2.svg 39
Local voters' associations 15,0113.25Increase2.svg 2.314Increase2.svg 224,3205.30Decrease2.svg 2.3494Increase2.svg 47
Family Party 3,1090.67Decrease2.svg 0.201Decrease2.svg 12,2110.48Increase2.svg 0.166Increase2.svg 2
National Democratic Party (NPD)2,6150.57Decrease2.svg 0.640Steady2.svg 01,8020.39Decrease2.svg 0.503Decrease2.svg 2
German Communist Party (DKP)     7680.17Decrease2.svg 0.163Decrease2.svg 3
Party for Labour, Environment and Family (AUF)     1970.04New1New
Total462,35796.73Increase2.svg 1.50210Steady2.svg 0458,87197.30Increase2.svg 1.241,753Decrease2.svg 47
Invalid votes15,6323.27Decrease2.svg 1.5012,7492.70Decrease2.svg 1.24
Voter turnout477,98957.21Increase2.svg 1.08471,62057.34Increase2.svg 1.06
Eligible voters835,447822,441

References

  1. "Europawahl und Kommunalwahlen sowie Direktwahlen am 7. Juni 2009: Vorläufige Ergebnisse" (PDF) (in German). wahlergebnis.saarland.de. 2009. Retrieved 2025-05-26.