2009 Saarland state election

The 2009 Saarland state election was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. It was held on the same day as state elections in Saxony and Thuringia. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Peter Müller lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens, and Müller was re-elected as Minister-President. This was the first Jamaica coalition formed in Germany.

2009 Saarland state election
30 August 2009
All 51 seats in the Landtag of Saarland
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout534,793 (67.6%)
12.1%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Peter Müller Heiko Maas Oskar Lafontaine
Party CDU SPD Left
Last election 27 seats, 47.5% 18 seats, 30.8% 0 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 19 13 11
Seat change 8 5 11
Popular vote 184,537 131,241 113,664
Percentage 34.5% 24.5% 21.3%
Swing 13.0% 6.3% 19.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Christoph Hartmann Hubert Ulrich
Party FDP Greens
Last election 3 seats, 5.2% 3 seats, 5.6%
Seats won 5 3
Seat change 2 0
Popular vote 49,064 31,516
Percentage 9.2% 5.9%
Swing 4.0% 0.3%
Minister-President before election

Peter Müller
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Peter Müller
CDU

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