2024 Thuringian state election

2024 Thuringian state election

1 September 2024

All 88 seats in the Landtag of Thuringia
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,218,190 (73.6%)
8.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Björn Höcke Mario Voigt Katja Wolf
Party AfD CDU BSW
Last election 22 seats, 23.4% 21 seats, 21.7% Did not exist
Seats won 32 23 15
Seat change 10 2 15
Popular vote 396,704 285,141 190,448
Percentage 32.8% 23.6% 15.8%
Swing 9.4 pp 1.9 pp New party

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Bodo Ramelow Georg Maier Madeleine Henfling
Party Left SPD Greens
Last election 29 seats, 31.0% 8 seats, 8.2% 5 seats, 5.2%
Seats won 12 6 0
Seat change 17 2 5
Popular vote 157,641 73,088 38,289
Percentage 13.1% 6.1% 3.2%
Swing 17.9 pp 2.1 pp 2.0 pp

  Seventh party
 
Leader Thomas Kemmerich
Party FDP
Last election 5 seats, 5.0%
Seats won 0
Seat change 5
Popular vote 13,582
Percentage 1.1%
Swing 3.9 pp

Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

Second Ramelow cabinet
Left–SPD–Green

Government after election

Voigt cabinet
CDU–BSW–SPD

The 2024 Thuringian state election was held on 1 September 2024 to elect the members of the 8th Landtag of Thuringia. It was held on the same day as the 2024 Saxony state election.

The outgoing government was a minority government consisting of The Left, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and The Greens, led by Minister-President Bodo Ramelow of The Left.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the largest party with 33% of the vote, its best ever performance and the first time it placed first in a state election in Germany. The incumbent governing coalition suffered dramatic losses; the Left lost more than half its support and fell to fourth place on 13%, while the SPD recorded its worst result in any postwar state election. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party lost all of their seats. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) recorded small gains and came second with 24%. The newly-founded Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) debuted in third place at 16%.

The AfD became the first far-right party in Germany since the Nazi Party to win a plurality of seats in a state election.