| Election Name: | 2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Country: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | All 97 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt |
| Majority Seats: | 49 |
| Election Date: | 26 March 2006 |
| Turnout: | 902,251 (44.4%) 12.1% |
| Leader1: | Wolfgang Böhmer |
| Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 48 seats, 37.3% |
| Seats1: | 40 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 326,721 |
| Percentage1: | 36.2% |
| Swing1: | 1.1% |
| Leader2: | Wulf Gallert |
| Color2: | BE3075 |
| Party2: | The Left.PDS |
| Last Election2: | 25 seats, 20.4% |
| Seats2: | 26 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 217,295 |
| Percentage2: | 24.1% |
| Swing2: | 3.7% |
| Leader4: | Jens Bullerjahn |
| Party4: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election4: | 25 seats, 20.0% |
| Seats4: | 24 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 192,754 |
| Percentage4: | 21.4% |
| Swing4: | 1.4% |
| Leader5: | Karl-Heinz Paque |
| Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Last Election5: | 17 seats, 13.3% |
| Seats5: | 7 |
| Seat Change5: | 10 |
| Popular Vote5: | 60,209 |
| Percentage5: | 6.7% |
| Swing5: | 6.6% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Wolfgang Böhmer |
| Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| After Election: | Wolfgang Böhmer |
| After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
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).
The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2002 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Wolfgang Böhmer | 37.3% | |||
| bgcolor= | Linke | The Left.PDS | Democratic socialism | Wulf Gallert | 20.4% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Jens Bullerjahn | 20.0% | |||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | Karl-Heinz Paque | 13.3% | |||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | Linke | SPD | FDP | Grüne | Others | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 state election | data-sort-value="2006-03-26" | 26 Mar 2006 | – | 36.2 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 8.1 | 12.1 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2006-03-21" | 7–18 Mar 2006 | 500 | 36 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2006-03-17" | 13–16 Mar 2006 | ~1,000 | 37 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-03-16" | 13–15 Mar 2006 | 1,000 | 36 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| IfM Leipzig | data-sort-value="2006-03-14" | 10–13 Mar 2006 | 1,003 | 38 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-03-02" | 27 Feb–1 Mar 2006 | 1,000 | 36 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2006-02-28" | 25–30 Jan 2006 | 750 | 38.1 | 19.2 | 26.9 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 11.2 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-02-02" | 30 Jan–1 Feb 2006 | 1,000 | 33 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2005-12-15" | 9–13 Dec 2005 | 1,000 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| dimap | data-sort-value="2005-11-25" | 25 Nov 2005 | 2,500 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2005-09-05" | 9–15 Aug 2005 | 750 | 26.6 | 30 | 28.1 | 6 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 1.9 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2005-05-02" | 8–18 Apr 2005 | 750 | 37 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| dimap | data-sort-value="2005-04-18" | 18 Apr 2005 | 1,008 | 47 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2005-01-24" | 14–19 Jan 2005 | 1,000 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2004-11-02" | October 2004 | 754 | 23.8 | 25.1 | 26.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 10.9 | 4.8 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2004-05-04" | April 2004 | 750 | 33.4 | 23.0 | 28.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 4.8 | |
| IfM Leipzig | data-sort-value="2004-04-05" | 1–2 Mar 2004 | 1,009 | 48 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 27 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2003-11-04" | 13–14 Oct 2003 | 750 | 43.2 | 13.9 | 21.1 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 11.2 | 22.1 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2003-05-07" | 1–9 Apr 2003 | 750 | 46.2 | 9.0 | 27.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 18.3 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2002-11-06" | 6 Nov 2002 | ? | 31.0 | 14.8 | 39.2 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 8.2 | |
| 2002 state election | data-sort-value="2002-04-21" | 21 Apr 2002 | – | 37.3 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 13.3 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 16.9 |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 326,721| align=right| 36.2| align=right| 1.1| align=right| 40| align=right| 8| align=right| 41.2|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Left.PDS (Linke)| align=right| 217,295| align=right| 24.1| align=right| 3.7| align=right| 26| align=right| 1| align=right| 26.8|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 192,754| align=right| 21.4| align=right| 1.4| align=right| 24| align=right| 1| align=right| 24.7|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 60,209| align=right| 6.7| align=right| 6.6| align=right| 7| align=right| 10| align=right| 7.2|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 32,117| align=right| 3.6| align=right| 1.6| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU)| align=right| 26,905| align=right| 3.0| align=right| 3.0| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| | align=left | Parent Party (Eltern)| align=right| 14,499| align=right| 1.6| align=right| 1.6| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 31,754| align=right| 3.5| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 902,254! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 97! align=right| 18! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 44.4! align=right| 12.1! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}