2008 Lower Saxony state election

The 2008 Lower Saxony state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the 16th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Christian Wulff was re-elected with a reduced majority.

2008 Lower Saxony state election
27 January 2008
All 152 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
77 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,422,552 (57.0%)
10.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Christian Wulff Wolfgang Jüttner Philipp Rösler
Party CDU SPD FDP
Last election 91 seats, 48.3% 63 seats, 33.4% 15 seats, 8.1%
Seats won 68 48 13
Seat change 23 15 2
Popular vote 1,455,687 1,035,894 279,557
Percentage 42.5% 30.3% 8.2%
Swing 5.8% 3.1% 0.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Stefan Wenzel Kreszentia Flauger
Party Greens Left
Last election 14 seats, 7.6% 0 seats, 0.5%
Seats won 12 11
Seat change 2 11
Popular vote 273,934 243,106
Percentage 8.0% 7.1%
Swing 0.4% 6.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Christian Wulff
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Christian Wulff
CDU

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