Politics of Saarland
The politics of Saarland takes 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 Saarland. The state has a multi-party system where the two main parties are the rightist Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the leftist Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Saarland Landtag. This regional parliament or legislature then elects the Minister-President and confirms  the cabinet members. League of Nations. The ""Territory of the Saar Basin"" was governed by the League of Nations under the Treaty of Versailles from 1920 until 1935. The Chairmen of the Commission of Government were: Nazi Germany. Saarland voted to rejoin Germany in 1935. The German-appointed Reichskommissar were: Saar protectorate. From 1947 to 1956, Saarland was controlled by France as a protectorate. Elections were held but pro-German parties were banned. Minister-Presidents in this time were: German state. Saarland joined the Federal Republic of Germany in 1957. Since then, its Minister-Presidents have been: The election results  have been: Election 2012. An election in Saarland was held in March 2012 following the collapse of the experimental Jamaica coalition of the CDU, FDP and Greens. A CDU/SPD grand coalition was formed in its aftermath. ! | Party ! Party list votes ! Vote % (change) ! Seats (change) ! Seat % ! | Totals ! 481,249 ! 100 ! 51 ! 100