Who sits in the State Parliament?
The 7th Saxon State Parliament was elected on September 1st 2019. Each legislative period is five years. In accordance with the Law on Elections to the Saxon State Parliament, the members are elected in general, direct, free, equal and secret ballots.
60 mandates are given to constituency candidates who are elected directly to the State Parliament as individuals by voters with their direct votes (“first vote”).
The remainder - generally also 60 – mandates are given to parties which receive list votes (“second votes”) from at least five percent of the electorate.
Composition of Parliament
In the 2019 election, the parties received the following percentages of the votes:
|
Party |
Share of votes |
|
CDU (Christian Democratic Union) |
32,1 % |
|
AfD (Alternative for Germany) |
27,5 % |
|
DIE LINKE (Party of Democratic Socialism) |
10,4 % |
|
GRÜNE (Alliance90/The Green Party) |
8,6 % |
|
SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) |
7,7 % |
On principle, the Saxon State Parliament is made up of 120 members. Since one of the seats obtained by the AfD could not be allocated, the 7th Saxon State Parliament consists of 119 members instead of 120.
The 119 members of the State Parliament are divided into five parliamentary party groupings. Seats are allocated to the parties based on the number of list votes they obtain in the state election.
Seat Distribution
The CDU constitutes the largest parliamentary group, with 32.1 % of the party list votes and 45 seats, followed by the AfD with 38 seats (27.5 %). Two members of parliament have since left the party and are no longer part of the parliamentary group; therefore, the AfD now holds 36 seats. DIE LINKE won 14 seats (10.4 %), and BÜNDNISGRÜNE 12 seats (8.6 %). The SPD is the smallest parliamentary group with 10 seats (7.7 %)
|
Parliamentary party |
Seats |
|
CDU (Christian Democratic Union) |
45 |
|
AfD (Alternative for Germany) |
36 |
|
DIE LINKE (Party of Democratic Socialism) |
14 |
|
BÜNDNISGRÜNE (Alliance90/The Green Party) |
12 |
|
SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) |
10 |
|
independent |
2 |
|
total |
119 |
Gender Distribution
The gender distribution in the State Parliament is 34 women to 85 men. Women thus make up 28.57 % of members. There are significant differences between the parliamentary party groups. In the DIE LINKE group, women are in the majority, at 64.3 %. In the BÜNDNISGRÜNE group, women account for 58.3 % of members. In the SPD and CDU Parliamentary Groups, women are in the minority at 40.0 % and 20.0 % respectively. The AfD Parliamentary Group also has a minority of women, at 11.11 %.
|
female (absolute) |
female (percentage) |
male (absolute) |
male (percentage) |
total |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CDU |
10 |
22,22 % |
35 |
77,78 % |
45 |
|
AfD |
4 |
11,11 % |
32 |
88,89 % |
36 |
|
LINKE |
9 |
64,29 % |
5 |
35,71 % |
14 |
|
BÜNDNISGRÜNE |
7 |
58,33 % |
5 |
41,67 % |
12 |
|
SPD |
4 |
40,00 % |
6 |
60,00 % |
10 |
|
independent |
0 |
0,00 % |
2 |
100,00 % |
2 |
|
total |
34 |
28,57 % |
85 |
71,43 % |
119 |
Age Distribution
|
Members |
CDU |
AfD |
LINKE |
BÜNDNIS- |
SPD |
independent |
total |
percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1946-1950 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1,68 % |
|
1951-1955 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
5,88 % |
|
1956-1960 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
8,40 % |
|
1961-1965 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
13,45 % |
|
1966-1970 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
13,45 % |
|
1971-1975 |
13 |
8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
29 |
24,37 % |
|
1976-1980 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
17 |
14,29 % |
|
1981-1985 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
11,76 % |
|
1986-1990 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
4,20 % |
|
1991-1995 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1,68 % |
|
1996 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0,84% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
total |
45 |
36 |
14 |
12 |
10 |
2 |
119 |
100 % |
Age distribution in total and by parliamentary party group. Date: October 2022