The 2009 Saxony state election was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the 5th

Landtag of Saxony The Landtag of Saxony (german: Sächsischer Landtag), also known in English as the Saxon State Parliament, is the legislature of the Free State of Saxony, one of Germany's sixteen states. It is responsible for legislation, control of the gover ...

. The incumbent

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and

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(SPD) led by

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Stanislaw Tillich Stanislaw Tillich (; hsb, Stanisław Tilich; born 10 April 1959) is a German politician of the CDU. He served as the 3rd Minister President of Saxony from 2008 to 2017. From 1 November 2015 until 31 October 2016, he was President of the Bunde ...

retained its majority. However, the CDU chose to discontinue the coalition in favour of forming government with the

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(FDP). Tillich was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Saxony.

Opinion polling

Election result

, - , colspan=8 align=center, SN Landtagswahl 2009

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 722,983 , align= 40.2 , align= 0.9 , align= 58 , align= 3 , align= 43.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 370,359 , align= 20.6 , align= 3.0 , align= 29 , align= 2 , align= 22.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 187,261 , align= 10.4 , align= 0.6 , align= 14 , align= 1 , align= 10.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(FDP) , align= 178,867 , align= 10.0 , align= 4.1 , align= 14 , align= 7 , align= 10.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...

(Grüne) , align= 114,963 , align= 6.4 , align= 1.3 , align= 9 , align= 3 , align= 6.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 100,834 , align= 5.6 , align= 3.6 , align= 8 , align= 4 , align= 6.1 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutz) , align= 36,932 , align= 2.1 , align= 0.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Pirate Party Germany The Pirate Party Germany (german: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the infor ...

(Piraten) , align= 34,651 , align= 1.9 , align= New , align= 0 , align= New , align= 0 , - , , align=left , Free Saxony , align= 24,287 , align= 1.4 , align= 1.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 26,212 , align= 1.5 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,797,349 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 132 ! align= 8 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 52.2 ! align= 7.4 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saxony State Election, 2009 Elections, 2009 2009 elections in Germany