The politics of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt 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 left-wing Left Party.[1]
Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. 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 2002 Saxony-Anhalt state election.
| Election year | Total seats | Seats won | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | SPD | PDS | FDP | Grüne | DVU | Linke | AfD | |||
| 1990 | 106 | 48 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| 1994 | 99 | 37 | 36 | 21 | 5 | |||||
| 1998 | 116 | 28 | 47 | 25 | 16 | |||||
| 2002 | 115 | 48 | 25 | 25 | 17 | |||||
| 2006 | 97 | 40 | 24 | 7 | 26 | |||||
| 2011 | 105 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 29 | |||||
| 2016 | 87 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 2021 | 97 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| No | Constituency | Member[4] | 2021 | Voters | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Altmark – Jerichower Land | Herbert Wollmann | bgcolor= | SPD | 159,998 | Left | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | SPD | CDU | |||
| 67 | Börde – Salzlandkreis | Franziska Kersten | SPD | 215,532 | CDU | Created for 2009 election | |||||||||||
| 68 | Harz | Heike Brehmer | 207,942 | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | SPD | CDU | ||||||||
| 69 | Magdeburg | Martin Kröber | bgcolor= | SPD | 229,198 | Left | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | SPD | CDU | |||
| 70 | Anhalt – Dessau – Wittenberg | Sepp Müller | 169,749 | CDU | Created for 2009 election | ||||||||||||
| 71 | Halle | Karamba Diaby | bgcolor= | SPD | 209,765 | CDU | Left | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | SPD | FDP | ||
| 72 | Burgenland – Saalekreis | Dieter Stier | 184,352 | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | SPD | CDU | ||||||||
| 73 | Mansfeld | Robert Farle | AfD | 198,676 | Left | bgcolor= | SPD | bgcolor= | SPD | SPD | CDU | ||||||