# Politics of Saxony

The politics of the German state of Saxony take place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Saxony-Anhalt. The three main parties are the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the populist left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).
Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Landtag of Saxony. This regional parliament or legislature then elects the Minister-President and confirms the cabinet members.
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been the largest party in every election since the first election in 1990 Saxony state election following the Reunification of Germany.

## List of Minister Presidents of Saxony

There have been four Minister Presidents of Saxony since reunification.
* 1990 - 2002: Kurt Biedenkopf (CDU)
* 2002 - 2008: Georg Milbradt (CDU)
* 2008 - 2017: Stanislaw Tillich (CDU)
* Since 2017: Michael Kretschmer (CDU)

## Landtag of Saxony
### Party Strength in Landtag

| Election year | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Election year | Total seats | CDU | SPD | PDS | FDP | Grüne | NDP | Linke | AfD | BSW | FW |
| 1990 | 160 | 92 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 10 | | | | | |
| 1994 | 120 | 77 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | |
| 1999 | 120 | 76 | 14 | 21 | | | | | | | |
| 2004 | 124 | 55 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 12 | | | | |
| 2009 | 132 | 58 | 14 | | 14 | 9 | 8 | 29 | | | |
| 2014 | 126 | 59 | 18 | | | 8 | | 27 | 14 | | |
| 2019 | 119 | 45 | 10 | | | 12 | | 14 | 38 | | |
| 2024 | 120 | 41 | 10 | | | 7 | | 6 | 40 | 15 | 1 |

### State Landtag Compositions

* 1990 Saxony state election
* 1994 Saxony state election
* 1999 Saxony state election
* 2004 Saxony state election
* 2009 Saxony state election
* 2014 Saxony state election
* 2019 Saxony state election
* 2024 Saxony state election

### State Election Results Maps

* 1990 Saxony state election, Black is CDU
* 1994 Saxony state election, Black is CDU
* 1999 Saxony state election, Black is CDU
* 2004 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, Pink is PDS, Red is SPD
* 2009 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, Pink is Left
* 2014 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, Pink is Left
* 2019 Saxony state election, Black is CDU, AfD is Blue, Green is A90/Green, Pink is Left
* 2024 Saxony state election, AfD is Blue, Black is CDU, Green is A90/Green, Pink is Left

### Constituencies in the Landtag

* Vogtland 1 (01)
* Vogtland 2 (02)
* Vogtland 3 (03)
* Zwickau 1 (04)
* Zwickau 2 (05)
* Zwickau 3 (06)
* Zwickau 4 (07)
* Zwickau 5 (08)
* Chemnitz 1 (09)
* Chemnitz 2 (10)
* Chemnitz 3 (11)
* Erzgebirge 1 (12)
* Erzgebirge 2 (13)
* Erzgebirge 3 (14)
* Erzgebirge 4 (15)
* Erzgebirge 5 (16)
* Mittelsachsen 1 (17)
* Mittelsachsen 2 (18)
* Mittelsachsen 3 (19)
* Mittelsachsen 4 (20)
* Leipzig Land 1 (21)
* Leipzig Land 2 (22)
* Leipzig Land 3 (23)
* Leipzig Land 4 (24)
* Leipzig 1 (25)
* Leipzig 2 (26)
* Leipzig 3 (27)
* Leipzig 4 (28)
* Leipzig 5 (29)
* Leipzig 6 (30)
* Leipzig 7 (31)
* Leipzig 8 (32)
* Nordsachsen 1 (33)
* Nordsachsen 2 (34)
* Nordsachsen 3 (35)
* Meißen 1 (36)
* Meißen 2 (37)
* Meißen 3 (38)
* Meißen 4 (39)
* Dresden 1 (40)
* Dresden 2 (41)
* Dresden 3 (42)
* Dresden 4 (43)
* Dresden 5 (44)
* Dresden 6 (45)
* Dresden 7 (46)
* Dresden 8 (47)
* Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 1 (48)
* Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 2 (49)
* Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 3 (50)
* Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 4 (51)
* Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1 (52)
* Bautzen 2/Budyšin 2 (53)
* Bautzen 3/Budyšin 3 (54)
* Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4 (55)
* Bautzen 5/Budyšin 5 (56)
* Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1 (57)
* Görlitz 2 (58)
* Görlitz 3 (59)
* Görlitz 4 (60)

## Constituencies in the Bundestag

| No | Constituency | Member | 2021 | Voters | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 |
| 150 | Nordsachsen | René Bochmann | AfD | 161,279 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 151 | Leipzig I | Jens Lehmann | CDU | 224,100 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 152 | Leipzig II | Sören Pellmann | Left | 231,178 | Left | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 153 | Leipzig-Land | Edgar Naujok | AfD | 212,854 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 154 | Meißen | Barbara Lenk | AfD | 197,004 | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election |
| 155 | Bautzen I | Karsten Hilse | AfD | 206,895 | AfD | CDU | CDU | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election |
| 156 | Görlitz | Tino Chrupalla | AfD | 204,105 | AfD | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 157 | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | Steffen Janich | AfD | 199,703 | AfD | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election |
| 158 | Dresden I | Markus Reichel | CDU | 228,643 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 159 | Dresden II – Bautzen II | Lars Rohwer | CDU | 234,432 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 160 | Mittelsachsen | Carolin Bachmann | AfD | 193,828 | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election |
| 161 | Chemnitz | Detlef Müller | SPD | 188,691 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 162 | Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II | Mike Moncsek | AfD | 177,211 | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election |
| 163 | Erzgebirgskreis I | Thomas Dietz | AfD | 210,941 | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election |
| 164 | Zwickau | Matthias Moosdorf | AfD | 197,831 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 165 | Vogtlandkreis | Yvonne Magwas | CDU | 184,973 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU |

### Bundestag election results

| Election year | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won |
| Election year | % won | CDU | SPD | PDS | FDP | Grüne | NDP | Linke | AfD | BSW |
| 1990 | 100 | 49.5 | 18.2 | 9.0 | 12.4 | 5.9 | | | | |
| 1994 | 100 | 48.0 | 24.3 | 16.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 | | | | |
| 1998 | 100 | 32.7 | 29.1 | 20.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | | | | |
| 2002 | 100 | 33.6 | 33.3 | 16.2 | 7.3 | 4.6 | | | | |
| 2005 | 100 | 30.0 | 24.5 | | 10.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 22.8 | | |
| 2009 | 100 | 35.6 | 14.6 | | 13.3 | 6.7 | | 24.5 | | |
| 2013 | 100 | 42.6 | 14.6 | | 3.1 | 4.9 | | 20.0 | 6.8 | |
| 2017 | 100 | 26.9 | 10.5 | | 8.2 | 4.6 | | 16.1 | 27.0 | |
| 2021 | 100 | 17.2 | 19.3 | | 11.0 | 8.6 | | 9.3 | 24.6 | |
| 2025 | 100 | 19.7 | 8.5 | | 3.2 | 6.5 | | 11.3 | 37.3 | 9.0 |