2024 Saxony state election

2024 Saxony state election

1 September 2024

All 120 seats in the Landtag of Saxony
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,367,607 (74.4%)
8.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michael Kretschmer Jörg Urban Sabine Zimmermann
Party CDU AfD BSW
Last election 45 seats, 32.1% 38 seats, 27.5% Did not exist
Seats won 41 40 15
Seat change 4 2 15
Popular vote 749,114 719,279 277,568
Percentage 31.9% 30.6% 11.8%
Swing 0.2 pp 3.1 pp New party

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Petra Köpping Wolfram Günther &
Katja Meier
Susanne Schaper
Party SPD Greens Left
Last election 10 seats, 7.7% 12 seats, 8.6% 14 seats, 10.4%
Seats won 10 7 6
Seat change 0 5 8
Popular vote 172,021 119,980 104,891
Percentage 7.3% 5.1% 4.5%
Swing 0.4 pp 3.5 pp 5.9 pp

  Seventh party
 
Leader Matthias Berger
Party FW
Last election 0 seats, 3.4%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 53,027
Percentage 2.3%
Swing 1.1 pp

Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

Kretschmer II
CDU–Greens–SPD

Government after election

Kretschmer III
CDU–SPD

The 2024 Saxony state election was held on 1 September 2024 to elect members to the 8th Landtag of Saxony. It was held on the same day as the 2024 Thuringian state election. Going into the election, the state government was led by Michael Kretschmer of the CDU as Minister-President, in a coalition with the Greens and the SPD.

The CDU remained the largest party with slight losses, followed closely by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) which obtained its best ever result. The SPD remained steady while the Greens fell to just over 5% of the vote; the incumbent coalition lost its majority. The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance ran for the first time and won 12% and fifteen seats. The Left fell below the 5% electoral threshold but retained its representation in the Landtag after winning two direct constituencies. The Free Voters of Saxony (FW) elected a single member after lead candidate Matthias Berger won the constituency of Leipzig-Land III.