2013 Lower Saxony state election
Results
Most polls taken in early 2012 showed a SPD-Green majority. However, in the run up to the election, polls tightened with the CDU-FDP coalition virtually neck and neck with the SPD-Green coalition.

2013 Lower Saxony state election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Most polls taken in early 2012 showed a SPD-Green majority. However, in the run up to the election, polls tightened with the CDU-FDP coalition virtually neck and neck with the SPD-Green coalition.

Party	Popular vote	Seats

Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–

Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands - CDU	1,287,730	36.0%	6.5%	54	14

Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - SPD	1,165,538	32.6%	+2.3%	49	+1

Alliance '90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	489,572	13.7%	+5.7 %	20	+8

Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP	354,971	9.9%	+1.7%	14	+1

Left Die Linke	112,215	3.1%	4.0%	0	11

Other parties	165,235	4.7%	+0.8%

Valid votes	3,575,261	98.7%	0.2%

Invalid votes	45,733	1.3%	0.2%

Totals and voter turnout	3,620,994	59.4%	2.3%	137	15

Electorate	6,100,218	100.00	—

Source: Landeswahlleiterin Niedersachsen

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In 2013, during the Lower Saxony state election, 137 members were elected.

final_sentence: In 2013, during the Lower Saxony state election, 137 members were elected.