# 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 20 March 2011 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer retained its majority and continued in office. Böhmer retired at this election, and his successor Reiner Haseloff was elected as the new Minister-President after the coalition was confirmed.

## Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2006 result | 2006 result |
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Reiner Haseloff | 36.2% | 40 / 97 |
| | Linke | The Left Die Linke | Democratic socialism | Wulf Gallert | 24.1% | 26 / 97 |
| | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Jens Bullerjahn | 21.4% | 24 / 97 |
| | FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | | 6.7% | 7 / 97 |

## Opinion polling

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | Linke | SPD | FDP | Grüne | NPD | Others | Lead |
| 2011 state election | 20 Mar 2011 | – | 32.5 | 23.7 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 8.8 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 8–10 Mar 2011 | 1,680 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 8–10 Mar 2011 | 1,001 | 33.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| Emnid | 11–17 Feb 2011 | 1,000 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Infratest dimap | 11–15 Feb 2011 | 1,000 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Infratest dimap | 14–18 Jan 2011 | 1,000 | 32 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Infratest dimap | 16–20 Sep 2010 | 1,001 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 9 | – | 5 | Tie |
| Emnid | 4–14 Aug 2010 | 1,000 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 7 | – | 9 | 3 |
| Infratest dimap | 11–15 Mar 2010 | 1,000 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 5 | – | 4 | 5 |
| Infratest dimap | 8–12 May 2009 | 1,000 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 10–12 Apr 2007 | 1,000 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 4 | – | 5 | 10 |
| IWD | 7–13 Oct 2006 | 750 | 31.2 | 19.8 | 28.2 | 5.6 | 4.5 | – | 10.7 | 3.0 |
| 2006 state election | 26 Mar 2006 | – | 36.2 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 12.1 |

## Election result

Summary of the 20 March 2011 election results for the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % |
| | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 323,019 | 32.5 | 3.7 | 41 | 1 | 39.0 |
| | The Left (Linke) | 235,011 | 23.7 | 0.4 | 29 | 3 | 27.6 |
| | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 215,611 | 21.5 | 0.1 | 26 | 2 | 24.8 |
| | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 70,922 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 9 | 9 | 8.6 |
| | National Democratic Party (NPD) | 45,826 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 38,173 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | Free Voters (FW) | 28,193 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| | Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutz) | 15,724 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| | Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) | 13,828 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| | Others | 9,195 | 0.9 | | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 993,502 | 100.0 | | 105 | 8 | |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | | 51.2 | 6.8 | | | |
Popular Vote
CDU
32.51%
DIE LINKE
23.65%
SPD
21.50%
GRÜNE
7.14%
NPD
4.61%
FDP
3.84%
Other
6.74% :
Landtag seats
CDU
39.05%
DIE LINKE
27.62%
SPD
24.76%
GRÜNE
8.57% :