2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election

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).

2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election

26 March 2006
All 97 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	902,251 (44.4%) 12.1%
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 8 1 Popular vote 326,721 217,295 Percentage 36.2% 24.1% Swing 1.1% 3.7%   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 1 10 Popular vote 192,754 60,209 Percentage 21.4% 6.7% Swing 1.4% 6.6%
Minister-President before election Wolfgang Böhmer CDU Elected Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer CDU

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	1.1	40	8	41.2
	The Left.PDS (Linke)	217,295	24.1	3.7	26	1	26.8
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	192,754	21.4	1.4	24	1	24.7
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	60,209	6.7	6.6	7	10	7.2
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	32,117	3.6	1.6	0	±0	0
	German People's Union (DVU)	26,905	3.0	3.0	0	±0	0
	Parent Party (Eltern)	14,499	1.6	1.6	0	±0	0
	Others	31,754	3.5		0	±0	0
Total		902,254	100.0		97	18
Voter turnout			44.4	12.1

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%

Sources

• Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics Office