The 2027 Saarland state election will be held on 18 April 2027 to elect the 18th Landtag of Saarland.
Election date The Landtag is elected for five years, with its term commencing when the new Landtag first meets. As the previous election took place on 27 March 2022, the next election was required to take place before April 2027.
Electoral system The 51 members of the Landtag are elected via closed list proportional representation using the d'Hondt method. 41 seats are distributed in three multi-member constituencies, and the remaining ten at the state level. An electoral threshold of 5% of valid votes is applied to the Landtag; parties that fall below this threshold are ineligible to receive seats.
Background
In the previous election held on 27 March 2022, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) achieved an absolute majority, becoming the strongest party for the first time since the 1994 Saarland state election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) decreased to a historical low of 28.5% of the vote. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) suffered slight losses but succeeded in reentering the state parliament as the third parliamentary group.
The Left fell to only 2.6% of the vote, dropping out of the state parliament. The Greens and Free Democratic Party (FDP) each narrowly failed to enter the state parliament with 4.995% and 4.8% of the vote respectively.
After the election, an SPD sole government was formed for the first time since 1999, with 29 of the 51 state parliament seats. It replaced a grand coalition of the CDU and SPD under Tobias Hans. The new Minister-President was the former deputy head of government, economics minister and SPD top candidate Anke Rehlinger. Rehlinger was elected and sworn in by the state parliament on April 25 2022 with 32 out of 51 votes.
She thus received three votes more than the number of members of her own government parliamentary group. Thus, at least three opposition deputies voted for Rehlinger. She then appointed her cabinet of four men and two women.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 17th Landtag of Saarland. Name Ideology Leadcandidate 2022 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Anke Rehlinger 43.5% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Stephan Toscani 28.5% AfD Alternative for Germany Right-wing populism Carsten Becker 5.7%
Opinion polls Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD CDU AfD Grüne FDP Linke BSW Others LeadInfratest dimap20–26 Nov 20251,1502725237–7382Infratest dimap25–28 Mar 20251,132 30 27 17 6 3 8 4 5 3 Federal Parliament election – 21.9 26.9 21.6 7.2 4.3 7.3 6.2 4.6 5.0Infratest dimap19–23 Sep 20241,55829 31145––1011 2 European Parliament election 9 Jun 2024 – 20.5 29.3 15.7 6.6 4.7 2.0 7.8 13.4 8.8Wahlkreisprognose19 Apr–2 May 20241,080 3628.58.553.5297.5 7.5Wahlkreisprognose1–8 Aug 2023783 3523234.551–8.5 12 Infratest dimap 15–20 Mar 2023 1,176 38 28 10 8 5 3 – 8 10 Wahlkreisprognose 11–19 Jan 2023 853 42.5 27.5 12 5 4.5 1.5 – 7 15 Wahlkreisprognose 3–5 Nov 2022 879 42 26.5 14 4.5 4.5 2 – 6.5 15.5 2022 state election 27 Mar 2022 – 43.5 28.5 5.7 5.0 4.8 2.6 – 9.9 15.0
Minister-President polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Lead SPD CDU AfDInfratest dimap20–26 Nov 20251,1505325—28Infratest dimap 1,132 54 23 — 31Infratest dimap 1,558 49 19 5 30
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