2024 Saarland local elections

2024 Saarland local elections

←  2019 9 June 2024 2029 →
204 district council seats 1,682 municipal council seats
Turnout	508,185 (64.99%) 1.41% 507,552 (65.05%) 1.34%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stephan Toscani Anke Rehlinger Carsten Becker Party CDU SPD AfD Last election 76 seats, 34.02% 689 seats, 35.38% 65 seats, 30.03% 591 seats, 30.94% 16 seats, 4.95% 66 seats, 8.55% Seats won 76 667 63 568 23 121 Seat change 0 22 2 23 7 55 Popular vote 169,831 174,580 147,683 153,843 51,401 44,114 Percentage 34.38% 35.27% 29.90% 31.08% 10.41% 8.91% Swing 0.36% 0.11% 0.13% 0.14% 5.46% 0.36%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jeanne Dillschneider & Volker Morbe Astrid Schramm Oliver Luksic Party Greens BSW FDP Last election 28 seats, 12.60% 160 seats, 11.02% Did not exist 6 seats, 4.25% 53 seats, 3.98% Seats won 13 79 7 8 6 30 Seat change 15 81 New party 23 Popular vote 35,975 31,952 17,942 1,803 19,213 18,541 Percentage 7.28% 6.46% 2.71% 0.46% 3.89% 3.75% Swing 5.32% 4.56% New party 0.36% 0.23%   Seventh party   Leader Barbara Spaniol Party Linke Last election 13 seats, 7.48% 95 seats, 6.48% Seats won 5 33 Seat change 7 62 Popular vote 20,240 16,587 Percentage 4.10% 3.35% Swing 3.38% 3.13%

The 2024 Saarland local elections were held on June 9, 2024 to elect members of Saarland's 6 district councils and 52 municipal councils. The elections were held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.

Background

Local elections are held in Saarland every five years. All Germans and European Union citizens who have reached the age of 18 and have resided in their municipality for at least three months were eligible to vote.

Results

Overall, the elections represented a shift towards both right wing politics and localist politics. The Alternative for Germany in particularly experience unprecedented success, and elected at least one representative to nearly ever municipal council in Saarland. Conversely, the Greens suffered the most significant losses, losing more than half their representatives at both the district and municipal level.

Summary of results for the 2024 Saarland local elections ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Votes (District)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Votes (Municipal)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	169,831	34.38	0.36	76	0	174,580	35.27	0.11	667	22
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	147,683	29.90	0.13	63	2	153,843	31.08	0.14	568	23
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	51,401	10.41	5.46	23	7	44,114	8.91	0.36	121	55
	The Greens (Grüne)	35,975	7.28	5.32	13	15	31,952	6.46	4.56	79	81
	Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW)	17,942	3.63	New	7	New	1,803	0.46	New	8	New
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	19,213	3.89	0.36	6	0	18,541	3.75	0.23	40	23
	Free Voters (FW)	17,243	3.49	3.04	6	5	–	–	–	–	–
	Die Linke	20,240	4.10	3.38	5	7	16,587	3.35	3.13	33	62
	Local voters' associations	7,755	1.57	0.60	3	2	44,751	9.04	2.95	161	50
	bunt.saar	3,628	0.73	New	1	New	2,431	0.49	New	2	New
	Family Party	3,087	0.62	0.05	1	0	1,134	0.23	0.01	3	0
	Die PARTEI	–	–	–	–	–	5,200	1.04	0.53	4	2
Total		493,998	97.21	0.46	204	3	494,936	97.51	0.25	1,682	88
Invalid votes		14,187	2.79	0.46			12,616	2.49	0.25
Voter turnout		508,185	64.99	1.41			507,552	65.05	1.34
Eligible voters		781,929					780,133

References

1. "Kreistagswahl 2024" (in German). wahlergebnis.saarland.de. 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
2. "Gemeinderatswahl 2024". wahlergebnis.saarland.de (in German). 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-21.