2009 Thuringian state election

The 2009 Thuringian state election was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Thuringia. It was held on the same day as the 2009 Saarland state election and the 2009 Saxony state election. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Dieter Althaus was defeated. The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Althaus resigned after the election due to his party's poor performance, which was far below expectations. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Christine Lieberknecht, who was elected as the new Minister-President.

2009 Thuringia state election
30 August 2009
All 88 seats of the Landtag of Thuringia
Registered1,910,074 2.5%
Turnout1,054,297 (56.2%)
2.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Dieter Althaus Bodo Ramelow Christoph Matschie
Party CDU Left SPD
Leader's seat Eichsfeld I Erfurt III (won seat) Jena I (won seat)
Last election 45 seats, 43.0% 28 seats, 26.1% 15 seats, 14.5%
Seats won 30 27 18
Seat change 15 1 3
Popular vote 329,302 288,915 195,363
Percentage 31.2% 27.4% 18.5%
Swing 11.8% 1.3% 4.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Uwe Barth Astrid Rothe-Beinlich
Party FDP Greens
Leader's seat List List
Last election 0 seats, 3.6% 0 seats, 4.5%
Seats won 7 6
Seat change 7 6
Popular vote 80,600 64,912
Percentage 7.6% 6.2%
Swing 4.0% 1.7%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Dieter Althaus
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Christine Lieberknecht
CDU

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