The 2011 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 20 March 2011 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer retained its majority and continued in office. Böhmer retired at this election, and his successor Reiner Haseloff was elected as the new Minister-President after the coalition was confirmed.

Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. Name Ideology Leader(s) 2006 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Reiner Haseloff 36.2% Linke The Left Democratic socialism Wulf Gallert 24.1% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Jens Bullerjahn 21.4% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 6.7%

Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU Linke SPD FDP Grüne NPD Others Lead 2011 state election 20 Mar 2011 – 32.5 23.7 21.5 3.8 7.1 4.6 6.7 8.8 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 8–10 Mar 2011 1,680 32 24 24 5 5 5 5 8 Infratest dimap 8–10 Mar 2011 1,001 33.0 25.0 24.0 4.5 5.5 5.0 3.0 8.0 Emnid 11–17 Feb 2011 1,000 31 27 22 5 7 5 3 4 Infratest dimap 11–15 Feb 2011 1,000 32 26 23 5 7 4 3 6 Infratest dimap 14–18 Jan 2011 1,000 32 28 22 4 8 3 3 4 Infratest dimap 16–20 Sep 2010 1,001 30 30 21 5 9 – 5 Tie Emnid 4–14 Aug 2010 1,000 30 27 22 5 7 – 9 3 Infratest dimap 11–15 Mar 2010 1,000 34 29 20 8 5 – 4 5 Infratest dimap 8–12 May 2009 1,000 33 25 24 7 6 2 3 8 Infratest dimap 10–12 Apr 2007 1,000 35 25 24 7 4 – 5 10 IWD 7–13 Oct 2006 750 31.2 19.8 28.2 5.6 4.5 – 10.7 3.0 2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 – 36.2 24.1 21.4 6.7 3.6 3.0 5.1 12.1

Election result

| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 323,019 | align=right| 32.5 | align=right| 3.7 | align=right| 41 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 39.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Left (Linke) | align=right| 235,011 | align=right| 23.7 | align=right| 0.4 | align=right| 29 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 27.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 215,611 | align=right| 21.5 | align=right| 0.1 | align=right| 26 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 24.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 70,922 | align=right| 7.1 | align=right| 3.5 | align=right| 9 | align=right| 9 | align=right| 8.6 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 45,826 | align=right| 4.6 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 38,173 | align=right| 3.8 | align=right| 2.9 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Voters (FW) | align=right| 28,193 | align=right| 2.8 | align=right| 2.3 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutz) | align=right| 15,724 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) | align=right| 13,828 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 9,195 | align=right| 0.9 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 993,502 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 105 ! align=right| 8 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 51.2 ! align=right| 6.8 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|

Notes

References

Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics Office Statistics about the Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2011 on Tagesschau.de