2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The 2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Wolfgang Böhmer lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. Name Ideology Leader(s) 2002 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Wolfgang Böhmer 37.3% Linke The Left.PDS Democratic socialism Wulf Gallert 20.4% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Jens Bullerjahn 20.0% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Karl-Heinz Paque 13.3%

Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU Linke SPD FDP Grüne Others Lead 2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 – 36.2 24.1 21.4 6.7 3.6 8.1 12.1 Emnid 7–18 Mar 2006 500 36 22 25 6 4 7 11 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 13–16 Mar 2006 ~1,000 37 23 23 6 4 7 14 Infratest dimap 13–15 Mar 2006 1,000 36 23 26 6 4 5 10 IfM Leipzig 10–13 Mar 2006 1,003 38 23 25 6 3 5 13 Infratest dimap 27 Feb–1 Mar 2006 1,000 36 22 27 6 4 5 9 IWD 25–30 Jan 2006 750 38.1 19.2 26.9 6.4 3.4 6.0 11.2 Infratest dimap 30 Jan–1 Feb 2006 1,000 33 23 29 6 3 6 4 Infratest dimap 9–13 Dec 2005 1,000 31 27 30 6 2 4 1 dimap 25 Nov 2005 2,500 33 25 25 9 4 4 8 IWD 9–15 Aug 2005 750 26.6 30 28.1 6 3.3 6.0 1.9 IWD 8–18 Apr 2005 750 37 21 26 5 4 7 11 dimap 18 Apr 2005 1,008 47 18 23 5 3 4 24 Infratest dimap 14–19 Jan 2005 1,000 37 30 28 6 4 5 9 IWD October 2004 754 23.8 25.1 26.2 7.0 7.0 10.9 4.8 IWD April 2004 750 33.4 23.0 28.6 7.0 6.6 1.4 4.8 IfM Leipzig 1–2 Mar 2004 1,009 48 19 21 4 6 2 27 IWD 13–14 Oct 2003 750 43.2 13.9 21.1 6.8 3.4 11.2 22.1 IWD 1–9 Apr 2003 750 46.2 9.0 27.9 3.8 4.8 8.3 18.3 IWD 6 Nov 2002 ? 31.0 14.8 39.2 7.8 4.6 2.6 8.2 2002 state election 21 Apr 2002 – 37.3 20.4 20.0 13.3 2.0 7.1 16.9

Election result

| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 326,721 | align=right| 36.2 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 40 | align=right| 8 | align=right| 41.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Left.PDS (Linke) | align=right| 217,295 | align=right| 24.1 | align=right| 3.7 | align=right| 26 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 26.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 192,754 | align=right| 21.4 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| 24 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 24.7 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 60,209 | align=right| 6.7 | align=right| 6.6 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 7.2 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 32,117 | align=right| 3.6 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU) | align=right| 26,905 | align=right| 3.0 | align=right| 3.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0

Sources Saxony-Anhalt State Statistics Office

2006 Saxony-Anhalt state election

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