Thuringian state election, 2014

Thuringia state election, 2014

14 September 2014

All 91 seats of the Landtag of Thuringia 46 seats needed for a majority Turnout 52.7%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Christine Lieberknecht Bodo Ramelow Heike Taubert Party CDU Left SPD Last election 30 seats, 31.2% 27 seats, 27.4% 18 seats, 18.5% Seats won 34 28 12 Seat change 4 1 6 Popular vote 315,096 265,425 116,889 Percentage 33.5% 28.2% 12.4% Swing 2.3% 0.8% 6.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   NPD Leader Björn Höcke Anja Siegesmund Patrick Wieschke Party AfD Green NPD Last election Did not contest 6 seats, 6.2% 0 seats, 4.3% Seats won 11 6 0 Seat change 11 Popular vote 99,548 53,395 34,018 Percentage 10.6% 5.7% 3.6% Swing 10.6% 0.5% 0.7%   Seventh party   Leader Uwe Barth Party FDP Last election 7 seats, 7.6% Seats won 0 Seat change 7 Popular vote 23,352 Percentage 2.5% Swing 5.1%

Minister-President before election Christine Lieberknecht CDU Elected Minister-President Bodo Ramelow Left

An election to the Landtag of Thuringia was held on 14 September 2014. The incumbent government was a CDU-SPD grand coalition led by Minister-President Christine Lieberknecht. After the election, the CDU-SPD coalition continued to have a majority in the Landtag, however only barely with just 46 seats or a majority of 1. The SPD, who were disappointed with their performance, considered becoming the junior partners in a Left-SPD-Green coalition; this again would only hold 46 seats and a majority of 1 in the Landtag.

On November 4, the SPD balloted its 4300 members on whether or not to go into coalition with The Left and The Greens; 69.9% voted in favor.^[1][2] On 5 December the red-red-green coalition, led by Bodo Ramelow, was voted into office by the Landtag with 46 out of 91 votes. This was the first time in its history that The Left had become the largest party in a coalition, and also marked The Left's first ever premier of a state government.^[3][4]

Results

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 Summary of the 2014 Landtag of Thuringia elections results

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands – CDU	315,096	33.5	2.3	34	4
	Left Die Linke	265,425	28.2	0.8	28	1
	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – SPD	116,889	12.4	6.1	12	6
	Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland – AfD	99,548	10.6	10.6	11	11
	Alliance '90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	53,395	5.7	0.5	6
	National Democratic Party Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands – NPD	34,018	3.6	0.7	0
	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP	23,352	2.5	5.1	0	7
	Other parties	33,969	3.5	1.3	0
Valid votes		941,692	98.6	0.4
Invalid votes		13,271	1.4	0.4
Totals and voter turnout		954,963	52.7	3.5	91	3
Electorate		1,812,249	100.00	—
Source: Wahlrecht.de

Popular Vote
CDU			33.46%
DIE LINKE			28.19%
SPD			12.41%
AfD			10.57%
B'90/GRÜNE			5.67%
NPD			3.61%
FDP			2.48%
FW			1.68%
PIRATEN			1.03%
Other			0.90%

Landtag seats
CDU			37.36%
DIE LINKE			30.77%
SPD			13.19%
AfD			12.09%
B'90/GRÜNE			6.59%

Opinion polling

Poll results

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.

Date	Polling Firm	CDU	Left	SPD	FDP	Green	NPD	FW	Pirate	AfD	Others	Lead
14 Sep 2014	Regional Election	33.5	28.2	12.4	2.5	5.7	3.6	1.7	1.0	10.6	0.9	5.3
10-11 Sep	FGW	36.0	26.0	16.0		5.5				8.0	8.5	10.0
2-4 Sep	Infratest dimap	34.0	28.0	16.0	3.0	5.0	4.0			7.0	3.0	6.0
1-3 Sep	FGW	36.0	26.0	16.0		6.0				8.0	8.0	10.0
23 Jul- 1 Aug	INSA	34.0	26.0	19.0	4.0	6.0				5.0	6.0	8.0
9-13 Jul	Infratest dimap	36.0	27.0	19.0	2.0	6.0	2.0			4.0	4.0	9.0
5 Jun-1 Jul	INSA	33.0	25.0	18.0	3.0	6.0		2.0	2.0	7.0	4.0	8.0
25 May 2014	EP Election	31.8	22.5	18.4	2.1	5.0	3.4	1.8	1.4	7.4	6.2	9.3
7–11 May	Infratest dimap	36.0	28.0	19.0	2.0	5.0	3.0			4.0	3.0	8.0
6-10 Mar	Infratest dimap	38.0	28.0	17.0	2.0	6.0				5.0	4.0	10.0
20 Feb	INSA	35.0	25.0	20.0	3.0	5.0		2.0		5.0	5.0	10.0
17-21 Jan	aproxima	27.0	28.0	22.0	3.0	11.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	1.0
2014
27 Dec	INSA	35.0	27.0	18.0	2.0	7.0				5.0	6.0	8.0
5-8 Nov	INSA	36.0	27.0	14.?	2.0	6.0				6.0		13.0
9-23 Oct	Emnid	39.0	26.0	17.0	1.0	5.0	2.0			7.0	3.0	13.0
22 Sep 2013	General Election	38.8	23.4	16.1	2.6	4.9	3.2	1.4	2.4	6.2	0.9	15.4
9-15 Aug	Infratest dimap	43.0	20.0	20.0	2.0	7.0					8.0	23.0
27-30 Jun	Infratest dimap	41.0	21.0	20.0	3.0	8.0			3.0		4.0	20.0
2013
10–15 May	Infratest dimap	35.0	23.0	24.0	2.0	6.0			6.0	N/A	4.0	11.0
2012
3-8 Aug	IfM	33.0	25.0	20.0	4.0	11.0				N/A	7.0	8.0
2011
28 Apr- 2 May	Infratest dimap	32.0	29.0	21.0	5.0	6.0				N/A	7.0	3.0
2010
27 Sep 2009	General Election	31.2	28.8	17.6	9.8	6.0	3.2	N/A	2.5	N/A	1.0	2.4
30 Aug 2009	Regional Election	31.2	27.4	18.5	7.6	6.2	4.3	3.9	N/A	N/A	0.9	3.7

References

1. "Thuringia's November revolution". The Economist. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
2. "69,93 Prozent für Rot-Rot-Grün" (Press Release) (in German). SPD Thüringen. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
3. "Germany gets first socialist state governor since reunification". The Guardian. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
4. "Bodo Ramelow schreibt Geschichte". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

External links

• Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Thuringia (wahlrecht.de)