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Saarland state election, 2017
← 2012 March 26, 2017
All 51 seats of the Landtag of the Saarland
26 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Anke Rehlinger Oskar Lafontaine
Party CDU SPD Left
Leader since 28 May 2011[1] 18 June 2016 9 August 2008
Last election 19 seats, 35.2% 17 seats, 30.6% 9 seats, 16.1%
Current seats 19 18 8
Seats needed Increase7 Increase8 Increase18
 
Leader TBD Hubert Ulrich
Party Pirates Greens
Leader since TBD 16 May 2012
Last election 4 seats, 7.4% 2 seats, 5.0%
Current seats 3 3
Seats needed Increase23 Increase23
Incumbent Minister-President

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
CDU



The next Saarland state elections is scheduled to be hold on March 26, 2017.[2][3] At stake will be the 51 seats in the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Minister-President Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, currently leading a Grand coalition[4] of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), will seek re-election after serving two terms as Minister-President.[5]

Background

The Saarland state election, 2012 was a snap election called due to the collaps of the Jamaica coalition of CDU, Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party on 6 January 2012. The result of the election was a victory for the governing Christian Democrats, while the FDP suffered enormous losses. The party thus failed to achieve parliamentary representation. The Greens lost voters, but obtained seats by getting enough votes to reach the 5 percent threshold. The oppositional Social Democrats led by Heiko Maas increased their number of seats and votes, but failed to become the largest party in parliament. The Left Party suffered moderate losses. The Pirate Party secured parliamentary representation for the first time in a Western German regional parliament.[6]

Parties and Candidates

Party Ideology Leader(s) Result in 2012
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Christian democracy, Liberal conservatism Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer 35.2 %
(19 seats)
bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color" | Social Democratic Party (SPD) Social democracy Anke Rehlinger 30.6 %
(17 seats)
bgcolor="Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color" | The Left Democratic socialism, Left-wing populism Oskar Lafontaine 16.1 %
(9 seats)
bgcolor="Template:Pirate Party Germany/meta/color" | Pirate Party Pirate Party, Social liberalism TBD 7.4 %
(4 seats)
bgcolor="Template:Alliance '90/The Greens/meta/color" | Alliance '90/The Greens Green politics, Ecologism, Social Liberalism Hubert Ulrich, Barbara-Meyer Gluche 5.0 %
(2 seats)
bgcolor="Template:Family Party of Germany/meta/color" | Family Party Conservatism Roland Körner 1.7 %
(0 seats)
bgcolor="Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color" | Free Democratic Party (FDP) Liberalism, Classical liberalism Oliver Luksic 1.2 %
(0 seats)
bgcolor="Template:Alternative for Germany/meta/color" | Alternative for Germany (AfD) Right-wing populism, Euroscepticism Rudolf Müller —

Opinion Polls

Voting Intention

Date Polling Firm/Source Family Party of Germany Others Lead
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Union (Germany)/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Pirate Party Germany/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Alliance '90/The Greens/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Family Party of Germany/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Alternative for Germany/meta/color;"|
15 November 2016 Forsa 37.0 26.0 15.0 – 6.0 – 3.0 9.0 4.0 11.0
11 May 2016 Infratest dimap 34.0 29.0 12.0 – 7.0 – 4.0 11.0 3.0 5.0
31 March 2015 Infratest dimap 40.0 33.0 10.0 1.0 6.0 – 2.0 4.0 4.0 7.0
25 May 2014 EU Parliament election 34.9 34.4 6.6 1.7 6.0 1.5 2.2 6.8 5.9 0.5
14 May 2014 Infratest dimap 37.0 34.0 13.0 2.0 5.0 – – 5.0 4.0 3.0
22 Sep 2013 Federal Election 37.8 31.0 10.0 2.6 5.7 1.2 3.8 5.2 3.9 5.6
7 May 2013 Infratest dimap 39.0 36.0 10.0 2.0 6.0 – 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0
25 Mar 2012 2012 election 35.2 30.6 16.1 7.4 5.0 1.7 1.2 – 4.4 2.9

Preferred Minister-President

Date Polling Firm/Source
AKK
AR
HM 		None
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Union (Germany)/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;"|
11 May 2016 Infratest dimap 59.0 26.0 – 10.0
31 March 2015 Infratest dimap 62.0 18.0 – 9.0
14 May 2014 Infratest dimap 53.0 – 35.0 6.0
7 May 2013 Infratest dimap 53.0 – 36.0 7.0

References

  1. ^ The party leader: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, cdu-saar.de (German)
  2. ^ Election dates in Germany, wahlrecht.de (German)
  3. ^ Vor dem Wahlkampf: Elefantenrunde ohne Berührungsängste, Saarbrücker Zeitung (German), 13 Feb 2016
  4. ^ Kramp-Karrenbauer für Fortsetzung der großen Koalition im Saarland, focus.de (German), 2 Oct 2014
  5. ^ Die „rote Charlotte“ hält sich bereit, Frankfurter Allgemeine (German), 29 May 2015
  6. ^ Merkel's party wins German state election, AlJazeera (English), 25 Mar 2012
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