| Election Name: | 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Country: | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | All 105 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt |
| Majority Seats: | 53 |
| Election Date: | 20 March 2011 |
| Turnout: | 993,502 (51.2%) 6.8% |
| Leader1: | Reiner Haseloff |
| Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 40 seats, 36.2% |
| Seats1: | 41 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 323,019 |
| Percentage1: | 32.5% |
| Swing1: | 3.7% |
| Leader2: | Wulf Gallert |
| Party2: | The Left (Germany) |
| Last Election2: | 26 seats, 24.1% |
| Seats2: | 29 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 235,011 |
| Percentage2: | 23.7% |
| Swing2: | 0.4% |
| Leader4: | Jens Bullerjahn |
| Party4: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election4: | 24 seats, 21.4% |
| Seats4: | 26 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 213,611 |
| Percentage4: | 21.5% |
| Swing4: | 0.1% |
| Leader5: | Claudia Dalbert |
| Party5: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 3.6% |
| Seats5: | 9 |
| Seat Change5: | 9 |
| Popular Vote5: | 70,922 |
| Percentage5: | 7.1% |
| Swing5: | 3.5% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Wolfgang Böhmer |
| Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| After Election: | Reiner Haseloff |
| After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
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.
The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2006 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Reiner Haseloff | 36.2% | |||
| bgcolor= | Linke | The Left | Democratic socialism | Wulf Gallert | 24.1% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Jens Bullerjahn | 21.4% | |||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 6.7% | ||||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | Linke | SPD | FDP | Grüne | NPD | Others | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 state election | data-sort-value="2011-03-20" | 20 Mar 2011 | – | 32.5 | 23.7 | 21.5 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 8.8 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2011-03-11" | 8–10 Mar 2011 | 1,680 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2011-03-10" | 8–10 Mar 2011 | 1,001 | 33.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2011-02-20" | 11–17 Feb 2011 | 1,000 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2011-02-17" | 11–15 Feb 2011 | 1,000 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2011-01-20" | 14–18 Jan 2011 | 1,000 | 32 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2010-09-23" | 16–20 Sep 2010 | 1,001 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 9 | – | 5 | data-sort-value="0" | Tie |
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2010-08-25" | 4–14 Aug 2010 | 1,000 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 7 | – | 9 | 3 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2010-03-17" | 11–15 Mar 2010 | 1,000 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 5 | – | 4 | 5 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2009-05-14" | 8–12 May 2009 | 1,000 | 33 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2007-04-13" | 10–12 Apr 2007 | 1,000 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 4 | – | 5 | 10 | |
| IWD | data-sort-value="2006-11-11" | 7–13 Oct 2006 | 750 | 31.2 | 19.8 | 28.2 | 5.6 | 4.5 | – | 10.7 | 3.0 | |
| 2006 state election | data-sort-value="2006-03-26" | 26 Mar 2006 | – | 36.2 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 12.1 |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 323,019| align=right| 32.5| align=right| 3.7| align=right| 41| align=right| 1| align=right| 39.0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Left (Linke)| align=right| 235,011| align=right| 23.7| align=right| 0.4| align=right| 29| align=right| 3| align=right| 27.6|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 215,611| align=right| 21.5| align=right| 0.1| align=right| 26| align=right| 2| align=right| 24.8|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 70,922| align=right| 7.1| align=right| 3.5| align=right| 9| align=right| 9| align=right| 8.6|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)| align=right| 45,826| align=right| 4.6| align=right| 1.6| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 38,173| align=right| 3.8| align=right| 2.9| align=right| 0| align=right| 7| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Voters (FW)| align=right| 28,193| align=right| 2.8| align=right| 2.3| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutz)| align=right| 15,724| align=right| 1.6| align=right| 1.6| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)| align=right| 13,828| align=right| 1.4| align=right| 1.4| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 9,195| align=right| 0.9| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 993,502! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 105! align=right| 8! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 51.2! align=right| 6.8! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}