Composition of the German state parliaments

Germany's federal system comprises 16 state parliaments (the German terms are: Landtag in large states, Bürgerschaft in Bremen and Hamburg, Abgeordnetenhaus in Berlin), each including directly elected representatives.

Parties in each parliament

In the table below, the parties indicated by boldface and shading form the governing coalition in their respective states.

	Seats	Majority	SPD	CDU/CSU	GRÜNE	LINKE	FDP	PIRATEN	AfD	FW	Others	Legislative term	Last election	Next election
Baden-Württemberg	143	72	19	42	47	-	12	-	23	-	-	5 years	2016	2021
Bavaria	180	91	42	101	18	-	-	-	-	19	-	5 years	2013	2018
Berlin	160	81	38	31	27	27	12	-	25	-	-	5 years	2016	2021
Brandenburg	88	45	30	19	6	17	-	-	10	3	Independent 1	5 years	2014	2019
Bremen	83	42	30	20	14	8	6	-	1	-	BIW 1, ALFA 3	4 years	2015	2019
Hamburg	121	61	58	20	15	11	9	-	8	-	Independent 2	5 years	2015	2020
Hesse	110	56	37	47	14	6	6	-	-	-	-	5 years	2013	2018
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	71	36	26	16	-	11	-	-	18	-	-	5 years	2016	2021
Lower Saxony	137	69	49	54	20	-	14	-	-	-	-	5 years	2013	2018
North Rhine-Westphalia	237	119	99	67	29	-	22	19	-	-	Independent 1	5 years	2012	2017
Rheinland-Pfalz	101	51	39	35	6	-	7	-	14	-	-	5 years	2016	2021
Saarland	51	26	18	19	3	8	-	3	-	-	-	5 years	2012	2017
Saxony	126	64	18	59	8	27	-	-	14	-	-	5 years	2014	2019
Saxony-Anhalt	87	44	11	30	5	17	-	-	24	-	-	5 years	2016	2021
Schleswig-Holstein	69	35	22	22	10	-	6	6	-	-	SSW 3	5 years	2012	2017
Thuringia	91	46	12	34	6	28	-	-	8	-	Independent 3	5 years	2014	2019
Total	1855		548	616	228	160	94	28	145	22	14 (ALFA: 3, SSW: 3, BIW: 1, rest: 7)
in %	100		29.5	33.2	12.3	8.6	5.1	1.5	7.8	1.2	0.8