2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election

2016 Saxony-Anhalt state election

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All 87 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt 44 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,122,877 (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 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.

The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the SPD and The Greens, which was dubbed the "Kenya coalition".^[1] Haseloff was re-elected as Minister-President on 25 April.^[2]