Landtag of Saxony

Kingdom of Saxony

In 1831, the bicameral legislature of the royal Saxony was introduced in its present form. After the tumultuous revolutions of 1848, the Saxon Landtag expanded the voting rights (although still retaining the property requirements) and canceled the tax vote. In 1871, Saxony was incorporated into the German Empire , and more and more voting rights gradually expanded.

By the early 1900s, Saxony’s local politics remained stable with the Social Democrats , the Conservatives, and the national liberals , who shared a share of the vote, and the Landtag in three ways. (In 1909, the Social Democrats won 27% of the seats, the Conservatives won 31% of the seats, the National Liberals won 31% of the seats). Voter participation was high (82% in 1909).

Free State

In the era after the First World War, local politics in Saxony reflected the entire European policy raging at that time. In the elections to the Saxon Landtag of 1930, the Social Democrats won 33% of the seats, 15% - the National Socialists, 14% - the Communists, the Liberal Liberal Party (Reichspartei des deutschen Mittelstandes) - 10%, "National Liberals" (Deutschnationale Volkspartei) - 8%, and a number of mostly local and right-wing populist parties - 16%. The turnout was without enthusiasm - 73%.

The elections in the Diet on March 5, 1933 showed an unprecedented turnout of 92%. National Socialists won 45%, Social Democrats - 26%, Communists - 16%, National Liberals (Deutschnationale Volkspartei) - 7%, and minor parties took only 6% of the seats. These were the last free elections in Saxony until 1990.

Since 1990, the CDU is in the government of the Saxon Landtag and usually receives a majority of the votes. This changed only in 2004.

The last land elections in Saxony were held on August 31, 2014 ^[1] :

• CDU - 59 seats (39.4% of the vote);
• Left - 27 seats (18.9% of the vote);
• SPD - 18 seats (12.4% of the vote);
• AdG - 14 places (9.4%);
• Union 90 / Green - 8 places (5.7%).