2022 Lower Saxony state election

The 2022 Lower Saxony state election was held on 9 October 2022 to elect the 19th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) led by Minister-President Stephan Weil.

2022 Lower Saxony state election
9 October 2022
All 146 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony, including 11 overhang and leveling seats
74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,657,881 (60.3%)
2.8 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Stephan Weil Bernd Althusmann Julia Hamburg & Christian Meyer
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 55 seats, 36.9% 50 seats, 33.6% 12 seats, 8.7%
Seats won 57 47 24
Seat change 2 3 12
Popular vote 1,211,418 1,017,276 526,923
Percentage 33.4% 28.1% 14.5%
Swing 3.5% 5.5% 5.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Stefan Marzischewski-Drewes Stefan Birkner
Party AfD FDP
Last election 9 seats, 6.2% 11 seats, 7.5%
Seats won 18 0
Seat change 9 11
Popular vote 396,839 170,298
Percentage 11.0% 4.7%
Swing 4.8% 2.8%
Map of the election, showing the winner of each single-member district and the distribution of list seats.
Government before election

Second Weil cabinet
SPD–CDU

 Government after election

Third Weil cabinet
SPD–Green

The SPD remained the largest party with 33% and gained two seats, despite a decline of 3.5 percentage points. The CDU suffered a larger loss and won 28%. Alliance 90/The Greens recorded their best result to date in the state, taking 14.5% on a swing of six points. Alternative for Germany (AfD) made gains for the first time in any election since October 2019, improving to 11%, while the Free Democratic Party (FDP) fell just short of the 5% electoral threshold and lost representation.

Amidst an ongoing energy crisis and looming recession, commentators described the result as a victory for the incumbent federal SPD government of Olaf Scholz, who had suffered a decline in popularity and recent losses in other state elections.

Minister-President Weil ruled out continuing government with the CDU and formed a new coalition with the Greens. He was re-elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 8 November, and his cabinet was sworn in the same day.

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