| align=left| Dawn of German Patriots – Middle Germany (ADPM) | – | – | New | – | 3,948 | 0.2 | New | 0 | 0 | New | 0 |- | bgcolor=#005488| | align=left| Party of Reason (PDV) | – | – | | – | 2,268 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |- | bgcolor=#FF0000| | align=left| Communist Party of Germany (KPD) | – | – | | – | 1,951 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |- | | align=left| Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität (BüSo) | – | – | 0.4 | – | 1,630 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Other | 2,732 | 0.1 | | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | ±0 | 0 |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 2,159,850 ! 98.7 ! ! ! 2,166,457 ! 99.0 ! ! ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Blank and invalid votes ! 28,636 ! 1.3 ! ! ! 22,029 ! 1.0 ! ! ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 2,188,486 ! 100.0 ! ! 60 ! 2,188,486 ! 100.0 ! ! 59 ! 119 ! 7 ! |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 3,288,643 ! 66.5 ! 17.4 ! ! 3,288,643 ! 66.5 ! 17.4 ! ! ! ! |- | colspan=13| Source: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen |} Members of the state government Federal politics Saxony has 16 constituencies for the Bundestag. Administration Saxony is divided into 10 districts: 1. Bautzen (BZ) 2. Erzgebirgskreis (ERZ) 3. Görlitz (GR) 4. Leipzig (L) 5. Meissen (MEI) (Meissen) 6. Mittelsachsen (FG) 7. Nordsachsen (TDO) 8. Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (PIR) 9. Vogtlandkreis (V) 10. Zwickau (Z) In addition, three cities have the status of an urban district (): Chemnitz (C) Dresden (DD) Leipzig (L) Between 1990 and 2008, Saxony was divided into the three regions (Regierungsbezirke) of Chemnitz, Dresden, and Leipzig. After a reform in 2008, these regions – with some alterations of their respective areas – were called Direktionsbezirke. In 2012, the authorities of these regions were merged into one central authority, the . Demographics Population change Saxony is a densely populated state if compared with more rural German states such as Bavaria or Lower Saxony. However, the population has declined over time. The population of