2009 Saarland local elections

2009 Saarland local elections

7 June 2009
210 district council seats 1,753 municipal council seats
Turnout	477,989 (57.21%) 1.08% 471,620 (57.34%) 1.06%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Müller Heiko Maas Rolf Linsler Party CDU SPD Linke Last election 112 seats, 47.00% 904 seats, 45.75% 84 seats, 36.05% 706 seats, 37.34% 0 seats, 1.89% 0 seats, 0.44% Seats won 83 704 71 619 25 165 Seat change 29 200 13 87 25 165 Popular vote 169,535 171,045 149,167 153,527 59,451 49,197 Percentage 36.67% 37.28% 32.26% 33.46% 12.86% 10.72% Swing 10.33% 8.47% 3.79% 3.88% 10.97% 10.28%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Christoph Hartmann Hubert Ulrich & Claudia Willger Party FDP Greens Last election 2 seats, 4.31% 35 seats, 3.89% 8 seats, 5.83% 36 seats, 4.84% Seats won 14 83 12 75 Seat change 12 48 4 39 Popular vote 33,458 28,793 30,011 27,011 Percentage 7.23% 6.27% 6.49% 5.89% Swing 2.92% 2.38% 0.66% 1.05%

The 2009 Saarland local elections were held on June 7, 2009 to elect members of Saarland's district councils and municipal councils. The elections were held on the same day as the 2009 European Parliament election in Germany.

Results

Germany's two historically dominant political parties, the Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party, suffered significant losses, to the benefit of smaller parties. Die Linke was the biggest beneficiary of this trend, having emerged as a party from the unification of the Party of Democratic Socialism and Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative in 2007.

Summary of results for the 2009 Saarland local elections

Party		Votes (District)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Votes (Municipal)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	169,535	36.67	10.33	83	29	171,045	37.28	8.47	704	200
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	149,167	32.26	3.79	71	13	153,527	33.46	3.88	619	87
	Die Linke	59,451	12.86	10.97	25	25	49,197	10.72	10.28	125	125
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	33,458	7.23	2.92	14	12	28,793	6.27	2.38	83	48
	The Greens (Grüne)	30,011	6.49	0.66	12	4	27,011	5.89	1.05	75	39
	Local voters' associations	15,011	3.25	2.31	4	2	24,320	5.30	2.34	94	47
	Family Party	3,109	0.67	0.20	1	1	2,211	0.48	0.16	6	2
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	2,615	0.57	0.64	0	0	1,802	0.39	0.50	3	2
	German Communist Party (DKP)	–	–	–	–	–	768	0.17	0.16	3	3
	Party for Labour, Environment and Family (AUF)	–	–	–	–	–	197	0.04	New	1	New
Total		462,357	96.73	1.50	210	0	458,871	97.30	1.24	1,753	47
Invalid votes		15,632	3.27	1.50			12,749	2.70	1.24
Voter turnout		477,989	57.21	1.08			471,620	57.34	1.06
Eligible voters		835,447					822,441