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The 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 20 March 2011 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer retained its majority and continued in office. Böhmer retired at this election, and his successor Reiner Haseloff was elected as the new Minister-President after the coalition was confirmed.
The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2006 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Reiner Haseloff | 36.2% | 40 / 97 | |
Linke | The Left Die Linke | Democratic socialism | Wulf Gallert | 24.1% | 26 / 97 | |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Jens Bullerjahn | 21.4% | 24 / 97 | |
FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | 6.7% | 7 / 97 |
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | Linke | SPD | FDP | Grüne | NPD | Others | Lead |
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2011 state election | 20 Mar 2011 | – | 32.5 | 23.7 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 8.8 |
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 8–10 Mar 2011 | 1,680 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Infratest dimap | 8–10 Mar 2011 | 1,001 | 33.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
Emnid | 11–17 Feb 2011 | 1,000 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Infratest dimap | 11–15 Feb 2011 | 1,000 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Infratest dimap | 14–18 Jan 2011 | 1,000 | 32 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Infratest dimap | 16–20 Sep 2010 | 1,001 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 9 | – | 5 | Tie |
Emnid | 4–14 Aug 2010 | 1,000 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 7 | – | 9 | 3 |
Infratest dimap | 11–15 Mar 2010 | 1,000 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 5 | – | 4 | 5 |
Infratest dimap | 8–12 May 2009 | 1,000 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Infratest dimap | 10–12 Apr 2007 | 1,000 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 4 | – | 5 | 10 |
IWD | 7–13 Oct 2006 | 750 | 31.2 | 19.8 | 28.2 | 5.6 | 4.5 | – | 10.7 | 3.0 |
2006 state election | 26 Mar 2006 | – | 36.2 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 12.1 |
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 323,019 | 32.5 | ![]() | 41 | ![]() | 39.0 | |
The Left (Linke) | 235,011 | 23.7 | ![]() | 29 | ![]() | 27.6 | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 215,611 | 21.5 | ![]() | 26 | ![]() | 24.8 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 70,922 | 7.1 | ![]() | 9 | ![]() | 8.6 | |
National Democratic Party (NPD) | 45,826 | 4.6 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 38,173 | 3.8 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | |
Free Voters (FW) | 28,193 | 2.8 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutz) | 15,724 | 1.6 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) | 13,828 | 1.4 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Others | 9,195 | 0.9 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 993,502 | 100.0 | 105 | ![]() | |||
Voter turnout | 51.2 | ![]() |
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