2009 Saxony state election
Introduction The '''2009 Saxony state election''' was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Stanislaw Tillich retained its majority. However, the CDU chose to discontinue the coalition in favour of forming government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Tillich was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Saxony. Name Ideology Leader(s) 2004 result Votes (%) Seats '''CDU''' Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Stanislaw Tillich 41.1%  '''Linke''' The Left Democratic socialism André Hahn 23.6%  '''SPD''' Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Thomas Jurk 9.8%  '''NPD''' National Democratic Party Neo-Nazism Holger Apfel 9.2%  '''FDP''' Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Holger Zastrow 5.9%  '''Grüne''' Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics Antje Hermenau 5.1%
Opinion polling  Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU Linke SPD NPD FDP Grüne Others Lead  2009 state election 30 Aug 2009 – '''40.2''' 20.6 10.4 5.6 10.0 6.4 6.8 19.6  Infratest dimap 18–20 Aug 2009 1,000 '''38''' 21 13 4.5 11.5 6 6 17  Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 17–20 Aug 2009 1,000 '''42''' 20 11 6 11 6 4 22  IfM Leipzig 10–17 Aug 2009 1,000 '''41''' 20 14 5 10 6 4 21  Infratest dimap 7–11 Aug 2009 1,000 '''39''' 19 12 5 12 6 4 20  IfM Leipzig 6–9 Jul 2009 1,000 '''42''' 17 14 5 11 7 5 25  Infratest dimap 19–23 Jun 2009 1,000 '''40''' 20 13 5 12 6 4 20  Infratest dimap 8–12 May 2009 1,000 '''40''' 19 15 5 10 7 4 21  dimap 20–29 Apr 2009 2,004 '''42''' 18 13 5 11 6 5 24  IfM Leipzig 6–8 Apr 2009 1,000 '''43''' 17 18 4 9 6 3 25  IfM Leipzig 10–12 Mar 2009 1,007 '''42''' 17 18 5 9 6 3 24  approxima 6 Jan–13 Feb 2009 1,011 '''49''' 21 15 4 5 5 1 28  dimap 31 Oct–10 Nov 2008 2,000 '''42''' 20 18 3 9 6 2 22  IfM Leipzig 10–12 Nov 2008 1,003 '''39''' 19 16 6 9 6 5 20  approxima 28 Jun–22 Aug 2008 1,011 '''42.0''' 21.0 19.5 2.8 6.8 7.0 0.9 21.0  Infratest dimap 22–26 May 2008 1,000 '''35''' 29 16 3 9 4 4 6  IfM Leipzig 9–14 May 2008 1,003 '''44''' 20 20 5 5 5 1 24  Emnid 25 Feb–8 Mar 2008 1,000 '''40''' 23 16 4 7 5 ? 17  Emnid 13–27 Feb 2008 ~500 '''41''' 22 16 4 7 5 ? 19  Emnid 18–19 Jan 2008 750 '''41''' 21 15 5 7 5 6 20  approxima 1 Sep–7 Oct 2007 1,016 '''40''' 20 20 4 7 7 2 20  dimap 6–16 Nov 2007 996 '''39''' 22 16 5 8 6 4 17  Infratest dimap 10–11 Sep 2007 1,000 '''40''' 25 12 6 7 5 5 15  Forsa 20 Aug–4 Sep 2007 1,130 '''39''' 27 8 9 7 5 5 12  IfM Leipzig 20–22 Aug 2007 1,008 '''38''' 28 11 6 7 5 5 10  IfM Leipzig 15–18 Aug 2007 800 '''37''' 29 10 – 6 6 12 8  IfM Leipzig 13–14 Jul 2007 1,012 '''40''' 24 15 6 7 6 2 16  Forsa 12 Jul 2007 ? '''41''' 26 8 8 6 6 5 15  IfM Leipzig March 2007 >1,000 '''41''' 21 18 5 6 6 3 20  IfM Leipzig 18–20 Dec 2006 805 '''42''' 23 13 – 7 5 10 19  dimap 28 Oct–8 Nov 2006 2,007 '''37''' 22 14 7 9 7 4 15  IfM Leipzig 21–22 Aug 2006 803 '''45''' 23 13 – 9 5 5 22  Emnid 29 May–24 Jun 2006 1,056 '''43''' 25 11 6 7 4 4 18  Emnid 9–13 Jan 2006 1,000 '''47''' 22 12 5 5 5 4 25  IfM Leipzig 19–20 Dec 2005 835 '''43''' 25 15 4 6 5 2 18  Emnid 16–24 Aug 2005 1,003 '''42''' 28 13 5 5 4 3 14  IfM Leipzig 12–19 May 2005 1,018 '''45''' 22 12 4 7 6 4 23  Emnid 3–31 Jan 2005 1,053 '''42''' 22 12 9 5 4 6 20  2004 state election 19 Sep 2004 – '''41.1''' 23.6 9.8 9.2 5.9 5.1 5.3 17.5
Election result  500px Party Votes % +/- Seats  +/- Seats %  Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 722,983 40.2 0.9 58 3 43.9  The Left (Linke) 370,359 20.6 3.0 29 2 22.0  Social Democratic Party (SPD) 187,261 10.4 0.6 14 1 10.6  Free Democratic Party (FDP) 178,867 10.0 4.1 14 7 10.6  Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 114,963 6.4 1.3 9 3 6.8  National Democratic Party (NPD) 100,834 5.6 3.6 8 4 6.1  Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutz) 36,932 2.1 0.5 0 ±0 0  Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 34,651 1.9 New 0 New 0 Free Saxony 24,287 1.4 1.4 0 ±0 0 Others 26,212 1.5  0 ±0 0 Total 1,797,349 100.0  132 8  Voter turnout  52.2 7.4
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