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Composition

Who sits in the State Parliament?

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The 2019 state election

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 %). Five members of parliament have since left the party and are no longer part of the parliamentary group; therefore, the AfD now holds 34 seats, the CDU 44. 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)

44

 AfD (Alternative for Germany)

34

 DIE LINKE (Party of Democratic Socialism)

14

 BÜNDNISGRÜNE (Alliance90/The Green Party)

12

 SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany)

10

 independent

5

 total

119

 

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution in the State Parliament is 33 women to 86 men. Women thus make up 27,73 % 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 50,00 % of members. In the SPD and CDU Parliamentary Groups, women are in the minority at 40.0 % and 23.0 % respectively. The AfD Parliamentary Group also has a minority of women, at 11.00 %.

 

Gender distribution in total and by parliamentary party group. Date: February 2024
 

female (absolute)

female (percentage)

male (absolute)

male (percentage)

total

CDU

10

23,00 %

34

77,00 %

44

AfD

4

11,76 %

30

88,24 %

34

LINKE

9

64,29 %

5

35,71 %

14

BÜNDNISGRÜNE

6

50,00 %

6

50,00 %

12

SPD

4

40,00 %

6

60,00 %

10

independent

0

0,00 %

5

100,00 %

5

total

33

27,73 %

86

72,27 %

119

Age Distribution

Members

CDU

AfD

LINKE

BÜNDNIS-
GRÜNE

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

6

5

1

1

0

3

16

13,45 %

1971-1975

13

8

3

1

4

0

29

24,37 %

1976-1980

4

2

4

2

3

1

16

13,45 %

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

2

0

0

2

1,68%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

total

44

34

14

12

10

5

119

100 %

 

Age distribution in total and by parliamentary party group. Date: February 2024