2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The 2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Reiner Haseloff lost its majority. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) debuted at 24.3%, with every other parliamentary party recording losses, particularly the SPD and The Left.

2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election
13 March 2016
All 87 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
44 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,122,877 (61.1%)
9.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Reiner Haseloff André Poggenburg Wulf Gallert
Party CDU AfD Left
Last election 41 seats, 32.5% Did not exist 29 seats, 23.7%
Seats won 30 25 16
Seat change 11 25 13
Popular vote 334,139 272,496 183,290
Percentage 29.8% 24.3% 16.3%
Swing 2.7% New party 7.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Katrin Budde Claudia Dalbert Frank Sitta
Party SPD Greens FDP
Last election 26 seats, 21.5% 9 seats, 7.1% 0 seats, 3.8%
Seats won 11 5 0
Seat change 15 4 0
Popular vote 119,368 58,209 54,565
Percentage 10.6% 5.2% 4.9%
Swing 10.9% 1.9% 1.1%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Reiner Haseloff
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Reiner Haseloff
CDU

The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the SPD and The Greens, which was dubbed the "Kenya coalition". Haseloff was re-elected as Minister-President on 25 April.

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