Politics of Saxony

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]

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

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 year	Total seats	Seats won
		CDU	SPD	PDS	FDP	Grüne	NDP	Linke	AfD	BSW	FW
1990	160	92	32	17	9	10
1994	120	77	22	21
1999	120	76	14	21
2004	124	55	13	31	7	6	12
2009	132	58	14		14	9	8	29
2014	126	59	18			8		27	14
2019	119	45	10			12		14	38
2024	120	41	10			7		6	40	15	1

State Landtag Compositions

• 
  1990 Saxony state election
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  1994 Saxony state election
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  1999 Saxony state election
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  2004 Saxony state election
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  2009 Saxony state election
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  2014 Saxony state election
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  2019 Saxony state election
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  2024 Saxony state election

State Election Results Maps

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  1990 Saxony state election, Black is CDU
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  1994 Saxony state election, Black is CDU
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  1999 Saxony state election, Black is CDU
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  2004 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, Pink is PDS, Red is SPD
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  2009 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, Pink is Left
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  2014 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, Pink is Left
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  2019 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, AfD is Blue, Green is A90/Green, Pink is Left
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  2024 Saxony state election, AfD is Blue, Black is CDU, Green is A90/Green, Pink is Left

Constituencies in the Landtag

• Vogtland 1 (01)
• Vogtland 2 (02)
• Vogtland 3 (03)
• Zwickau 1 (04)
• Zwickau 2 (05)
• Zwickau 3 (06)
• Zwickau 4 (07)
• Zwickau 5 (08)
• Chemnitz 1 (09)
• Chemnitz 2 (10)
• Chemnitz 3 (11)
• Erzgebirge 1 (12)
• Erzgebirge 2 (13)
• Erzgebirge 3 (14)
• Erzgebirge 4 (15)
• Erzgebirge 5 (16)
• Mittelsachsen 1 (17)
• Mittelsachsen 2 (18)
• Mittelsachsen 3 (19)
• Mittelsachsen 4 (20)
• Leipzig Land 1 (21)
• Leipzig Land 2 (22)
• Leipzig Land 3 (23)
• Leipzig Land 4 (24)
• Leipzig 1 (25)
• Leipzig 2 (26)
• Leipzig 3 (27)
• Leipzig 4 (28)
• Leipzig 5 (29)
• Leipzig 6 (30)
• Leipzig 7 (31)
• Leipzig 8 (32)
• Nordsachsen 1 (33)
• Nordsachsen 2 (34)
• Nordsachsen 3 (35)
• Meißen 1 (36)
• Meißen 2 (37)
• Meißen 3 (38)
• Meißen 4 (39)
• Dresden 1 (40)
• Dresden 2 (41)
• Dresden 3 (42)
• Dresden 4 (43)
• Dresden 5 (44)
• Dresden 6 (45)
• Dresden 7 (46)
• Dresden 8 (47)
• Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 1 (48)
• Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 2 (49)
• Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 3 (50)
• Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 4 (51)
• Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1 (52)
• Bautzen 2/Budyšin 2 (53)
• Bautzen 3/Budyšin 3 (54)
• Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4 (55)
• Bautzen 5/Budyšin 5 (56)
• Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1 (57)
• Görlitz 2 (58)
• Görlitz 3 (59)
• Görlitz 4 (60)

Constituencies in the Bundestag

No		Constituency	Member	2021	Voters	2017	2013	2009	2005	2002	1998	1994	1990
	150	Nordsachsen	René Bochmann	AfD	161,279	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	CDU	CDU
	151	Leipzig I	Jens Lehmann	CDU	224,100	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	152	Leipzig II	Sören Pellmann	Left	231,178	Left	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	153	Leipzig-Land	Edgar Naujok	AfD	212,854	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	154	Meißen	Barbara Lenk	AfD	197,004	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2009 election
	155	Bautzen I	Karsten Hilse	AfD	206,895	AfD	CDU	CDU	Created for 2009 election
	156	Görlitz	Tino Chrupalla	AfD	204,105	AfD	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	157	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	Steffen Janich	AfD	199,703	AfD	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2002 election
	158	Dresden I	Markus Reichel	CDU	228,643	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	159	Dresden II – Bautzen II	Lars Rohwer	CDU	234,432	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	160	Mittelsachsen	Carolin Bachmann	AfD	193,828	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2009 election
	161	Chemnitz	Detlef Müller	SPD	188,691	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	162	Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II	Mike Moncsek	AfD	177,211	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2009 election
	163	Erzgebirgskreis I	Thomas Dietz	AfD	210,941	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2009 election
	164	Zwickau	Matthias Moosdorf	AfD	197,831	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	165	Vogtlandkreis	Yvonne Magwas	CDU	184,973	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	CDU	CDU

Bundestag election results

Election year	% won	% won
		CDU	SPD	PDS	FDP	Grüne	NDP	Linke	AfD	BSW
1990	100	49.5	18.2	9.0	12.4	5.9
1994	100	48.0	24.3	16.7	3.8	4.8
1998	100	32.7	29.1	20.0	3.7	4.4
2002	100	33.6	33.3	16.2	7.3	4.6
2005	100	30.0	24.5		10.2	4.8	4.8	22.8
2009	100	35.6	14.6		13.3	6.7		24.5
2013	100	42.6	14.6		3.1	4.9		20.0	6.8
2017	100	26.9	10.5		8.2	4.6		16.1	27.0
2021	100	17.2	19.3		11.0	8.6		9.3	24.6
2025	100	19.7	8.5		3.2	6.5		11.3	37.3	9.0

See also

• Landtag of Saxony
• List of presidents of the Landtag of Saxony
• 1990 Saxony state election
• 1994 Saxony state election
• 1999 Saxony state election
• 2004 Saxony state election
• 2009 Saxony state election
• 2014 Saxony state election
• 2019 Saxony state election
• 2024 Saxony state election
• New states of Germany
• Politics of East Germany