Politics of Saxony

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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]

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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]

Michael Kretschmer, incumbent minister-president Michael Kretschmer-v2 Pawel-Sosnowski - Querformat (cropped).jpg
Michael Kretschmer, incumbent minister-president
  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 yearTotal
seats
Seats won
CDU SPD PDS FDP Grüne NDP Linke AfD BSW FW
1990 160923217910
1994 120772221
1999 120761421
2004 1245513317612
2009 1325814149829
2014 126591882714
2019 1194510121438
2024 12041107640151

Legislative compositions

State election results maps

Constituencies in the Landtag

Since 2014

NoConstituencyMember202420192014
1 Vogtland 1 Jörg Schmidt CDU AfD CDU
2 Vogtland 2 Sören Voigt CDUCDU CDU
3 Vogtland 3 René Standke AfD CDU CDU
Vogtland 4AbolishedCDU CDU
4 Zwickau 1 Kerstin Nicolaus CDUCDU CDU
5 Zwickau 2 Heiko Gumprecht AfD CDU CDU
6 Zwickau 3 Jonas Dünzel AfD CDU CDU
7 Zwickau 4 Daniela Pfeifer CDUCDU CDU
8 Zwickau 5 Mike Moncsek AfD CDU CDU
9 Chemnitz 1 Peter Patt CDUCDU CDU
10 Chemnitz 2 Alexander Dierks CDUCDU CDU
11 Chemnitz 3 Ines Saborowski CDUCDU 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 CDUCDU CDU
20 Mittelsachsen 4 René Standke AfD AfD CDU
Mittelsachsen 5AbolishedCDU CDU
21 Leipzig Land 1 Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch CDUCDU CDU
22 Leipzig Land 2 Oliver Fritzsche CDUCDU CDU
23 Leipzig Land 3 Matthias Berger FW CDU CDU
24 Leipzig Land 4 Kay Ritter CDUCDU CDU
25 Leipzig 1 Nam Duy Nguyen Left CDU CDU
26 Leipzig 2 René Standke CDU Left Left
27 Leipzig 3 Wolf-Dietrich Rost CDUCDU 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 CDUCDU CDU
32 Leipzig 8 Holger Gasse CDU Created in 2024
33 Nordsachsen 1 Tina Trompter CDUCDU 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 CDUCDU CDU
40 Dresden 1 Christian Hartmann CDUCDU CDU
41 Dresden 2 Thomas Löser Grüne CDU CDU
42 Dresden 3 Christian Piwarz CDUCDU CDU
43 Dresden 4 Frank Kromer CDUCDU CDU
44 Dresden 5 Martin Modschiedler CDU Grüne CDU
45 Dresden 6 Barbara Klepsch CDUCDU CDU
46 Dresden 7 Felix Hitzig CDUCDU 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 CDUCDU 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 CDUCDU CDU
59 Görlitz 3 Roman Golombek AfD AfD CDU
60 Görlitz 4 Hajo Exner AfD CDU CDU

Constituencies in the Bundestag

NoConstituencyMember2021Voters20172013200920052002199819941990
150 Nordsachsen René Bochmann AfD 161,279CDUCDUCDUCDUCDU SPD CDU CDU
151 Leipzig I Jens Lehmann CDU224,100CDUCDUCDUSPDSPD SPD CDU CDU
152 Leipzig II Sören Pellmann Left231,178 Left CDUCDUSPDSPD SPD CDU CDU
153 Leipzig-Land Edgar Naujok AfD 212,854CDUCDUCDUCDUSPD SPD CDU CDU
154 Meißen Barbara Lenk AfD 197,004CDUCDU CDU Created for 2009 election
155 Bautzen I Karsten Hilse AfD206,895 AfD CDU CDU Created for 2009 election
156 Görlitz Tino Chrupalla AfD204,105 AfD CDUCDUCDUCDUCDUCDU CDU
157 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Steffen Janich AfD199,703 AfD CDUCDUCDU CDU Created for 2002 election
158 Dresden I Markus Reichel CDU228,643CDUCDUCDUCDUCDUCDUCDU CDU
159 Dresden II – Bautzen II Lars Rohwer CDU234,432CDUCDUCDUCDUCDUCDUCDU CDU
160 Mittelsachsen Carolin Bachmann AfD 193,828CDUCDU CDU Created for 2009 election
161 Chemnitz Detlef Müller SPD188,691CDUCDUCDUSPDSPD SPD CDU CDU
162 Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II Mike Moncsek AfD 177,211CDUCDU CDU Created for 2009 election
163 Erzgebirgskreis I Thomas Dietz AfD 210,941CDUCDU CDU Created for 2009 election
164 Zwickau Matthias Moosdorf AfD 197,831CDUCDUCDUCDUCDUCDUCDU CDU
165 Vogtlandkreis Yvonne Magwas CDU184,973CDUCDUCDUCDUCDU SPD CDU CDU

Bundestag election results

Election year% won% won
CDU SPD PDS FDP Grüne NDP Linke AfD BSW
1990 10049.518.29.012.45.9
1994 10048.024.316.73.84.8
1998 10032.729.120.03.74.4
2002 10033.633.316.27.34.6
2005 10030.024.510.24.84.822.8
2009 10035.614.613.36.724.5
2013 10042.614.63.14.920.06.8
2017 10026.910.58.24.616.127.0
2021 10017.219.311.08.69.324.6
2025 10019.78.53.26.511.337.39.0

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.