2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election
← 2002 26 March 2006 2011 →
All 97 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout902,251 (44.4%)
Decrease 12.1%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Wolfgang Böhmer Wulf Gallert
Party CDU The Left.PDS
Last election 48 seats, 37.3% 25 seats, 20.4%
Seats won 40 26
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 1
Popular vote 326,721 217,295
Percentage 36.2% 24.1%
Swing Decrease 1.1% Increase 3.7%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jens Bullerjahn Karl-Heinz Paque
Party SPD FDP
Last election 25 seats, 20.0% 17 seats, 13.3%
Seats won 24 7
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 10
Popular vote 192,754 60,209
Percentage 21.4% 6.7%
Swing Increase 1.4% Decrease 6.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Wolfgang Böhmer
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Wolfgang Böhmer
CDU

The 2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2002 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Wolfgang Böhmer 37.3%
48 / 115
Linke The Left.PDS
Die Linke.PDS 		Democratic socialism Wulf Gallert 20.4%
25 / 115
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Jens Bullerjahn 20.0%
25 / 115
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei 		Classical liberalism Karl-Heinz Paque 13.3%
17 / 115

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		CDU Linke SPD FDP Grüne Others Lead
2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 – 36.2 24.1 21.4 6.7 3.6 8.1 12.1
Emnid 7–18 Mar 2006 500 36 22 25 6 4 7 11
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 13–16 Mar 2006 ~1,000 37 23 23 6 4 7 14
Infratest dimap 13–15 Mar 2006 1,000 36 23 26 6 4 5 10
IfM Leipzig 10–13 Mar 2006 1,003 38 23 25 6 3 5 13
Infratest dimap 27 Feb–1 Mar 2006 1,000 36 22 27 6 4 5 9
IWD 25–30 Jan 2006 750 38.1 19.2 26.9 6.4 3.4 6.0 11.2
Infratest dimap 30 Jan–1 Feb 2006 1,000 33 23 29 6 3 6 4
Infratest dimap 9–13 Dec 2005 1,000 31 27 30 6 2 4 1
dimap 25 Nov 2005 2,500 33 25 25 9 4 4 8
IWD 9–15 Aug 2005 750 26.6 30 28.1 6 3.3 6.0 1.9
IWD 8–18 Apr 2005 750 37 21 26 5 4 7 11
dimap 18 Apr 2005 1,008 47 18 23 5 3 4 24
Infratest dimap 14–19 Jan 2005 1,000 37 30 28 6 4 5 9
IWD October 2004 754 23.8 25.1 26.2 7.0 7.0 10.9 4.8
IWD April 2004 750 33.4 23.0 28.6 7.0 6.6 1.4 4.8
IfM Leipzig 1–2 Mar 2004 1,009 48 19 21 4 6 2 27
IWD 13–14 Oct 2003 750 43.2 13.9 21.1 6.8 3.4 11.2 22.1
IWD 1–9 Apr 2003 750 46.2 9.0 27.9 3.8 4.8 8.3 18.3
IWD 6 Nov 2002 ? 31.0 14.8 39.2 7.8 4.6 2.6 8.2
2002 state election 21 Apr 2002 – 37.3 20.4 20.0 13.3 2.0 7.1 16.9

Election result

Summary of the 26 March 2006 election results for the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 326,721 36.2 Decrease1.1 40 Decrease8 41.2
The Left.PDS (Linke) 217,295 24.1 Increase3.7 26 Increase1 26.8
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 192,754 21.4 Increase1.4 24 Decrease1 24.7
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 60,209 6.7 Decrease6.6 7 Decrease10 7.2
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 32,117 3.6 Increase1.6 0 ±0 0
German People's Union (DVU) 26,905 3.0 Increase3.0 0 ±0 0
Parent Party (Eltern) 14,499 1.6 Increase1.6 0 ±0 0
Others 31,754 3.5 0 ±0 0
Total 902,254 100.0 97 Decrease18
Voter turnout 44.4 Decrease12.1
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 36.21%
DIE LINKE.PDS
 
 24.08%
SPD
 
 21.36%
FDP
 
 6.67%
GRÜNE
 
 3.56%
DVU
 
 2.98%
Other
 
 5.13%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 41.24%
DIE LINKE.PDS
 
 26.80%
SPD
 
 24.74%
FDP
 
 7.22%

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