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 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

State Landtag compositions

State election results maps

Constituencies in the Landtag

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.
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