2019 Saxony state election

The 2019 Saxony state election was held on 1 September 2019 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Saxony. The outgoing government was a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Michael Kretschmer.

2019 Saxony state election
1 September 2019
All 119 seats in the Landtag of Saxony
60 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,166,457 (66.5%)
17.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michael Kretschmer Jörg Urban Rico Gebhardt
Party CDU AfD Left
Last election 59 seats, 39.4% 14 seats, 9.7% 27 seats, 18.9%
Seats won 45 38 14
Seat change 14 24 13
Popular vote 695,560 595,671 224,354
Percentage 32.1% 27.5% 10.4%
Swing 7.3% 17.7% 8.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Wolfram Günther &
Katja Meier		 Martin Dulig
Party Greens SPD
Last election 8 seats, 5.7% 18 seats, 12.4%
Seats won 12 10
Seat change 4 8
Popular vote 187,015 167,289
Percentage 8.6% 7.7%
Swing 2.9% 4.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election

Kretschmer I
CDU–SPD

 Government after election

Kretschmer II
CDU–Greens–SPD

The CDU, SPD, and The Left suffered heavy losses. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) moved into second place with 27.5% of votes, an increase of almost 18 percentage points. The Left fell from second to third place, underperforming opinion polls with 10%. The Greens recorded an improvement to 8.6%, but also fared more poorly than expected. The SPD fell to fifth place with 8%. The election saw a major increase in voter turnout, rising from less than half in 2014 to 66.5% in 2019.

The incumbent grand coalition lost its majority, necessitating the formation of a new government. The CDU subsequently negotiated a "Kenya coalition" with the Greens and SPD. Michael Kretschmer was re-elected as Minister-President on 20 December.

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