Saxony state election, 2014

Saxony state election, 2014

← 2009 31 August 2014
All 126 seats of the Landtag of Saxony 64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.2%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Stanislaw Tillich Rico Gebhardt Martin Dulig Party CDU Left SPD Last election 58 seats, 40.2% 29 seats, 20.6% 14 seats, 10.4% Seats won 59 27 18 Seat change 1 2 4 Popular vote 645,344 309,568 202,374 Percentage 39.4% 18.9% 12.4% Swing 0.8% 1.7% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Frauke Petry Antje Hermenau Volkmar Zschocke Holger Szymanski Party AfD Green NPD Last election Did not contest 9 seats, 6.4% 8 seats, 5.6% Seats won 14 8 0 Seat change 14 1 8 Popular vote 159,547 93,852 81,060 Percentage 9.7% 5.7% 4.95% Swing 9.7% 0.7% 0.6%   Seventh party   Leader Holger Zastrow Party FDP Last election 14 seats, 10.0% Seats won 0 Seat change 14 Popular vote 61,847 Percentage 3.8% Swing 6.2%
Minister-President before election Stanislaw Tillich CDU Minister-President after election Stanislaw Tillich CDU

Stanislaw Tillich
CDU

Stanislaw Tillich
CDU

A state election, as required by the state constitution, was held on 31 August 2014 in the state of Saxony in Germany. Minister-President Stanislaw Tillich sought to retain power.

After the previous state election in 2009, the CDU emerged as the largest party and formed a coalition with the FDP, as opposed to their previous coalition partners, the SPD. Thus, before the 2014 election, the Saxony state government was the only government nationwide that involved the FDP. Due to the national decline in support for the FDP, a continuation of this coalition seemed unlikely as it was uncertain whether the FDP would reach the 5% threshold necessary to gain seats.

The largest opposition party in Saxony was the Left Party. One possible outcome, according to the polls, would have been a coalition between the Left, the SPD and the Greens; however this option was rejected by both the SPD and the Greens before the election.

For the SPD, the state election in Saxony is the second electoral test after the European elections since being involved (from 2013) at the federal level as junior partners in the coalition government. Polls show that the public perceived the work of the SPD in government as positive. Issues that have been worked on by the government were primarily election promises of the SPD. Despite this, all polls suggested that the SPD would be heading for another third-place finish. In Saxony, the SPD's election campaign was highly tailored to their leading candidate, Martin Dulig, whose campaign was supported his family. Dulig has also been supported by former chancellor Schröder.

The AfD was hoping to gain its first representation in a state parliament in Saxony after the party was able to achieve its strongest results nationwide in both the federal elections and European elections in Saxony. In the European elections, the party in Saxony received over 10% of the vote, compared to 7% nationwide.

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