The politics of the German state of Saxony take place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Saxony-Anhalt. The three main parties are the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the populist left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW).

Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Landtag of Saxony. This regional parliament or legislature then elects the Minister-President and confirms the cabinet members.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been the largest party in every election since the first election in 1990 Saxony state election following the reunification of Germany.

List of minister-presidents of Saxony There have been four minister-presidents of Saxony since reunification.

1990 - 2002: Kurt Biedenkopf (CDU) 2002 - 2008: Georg Milbradt (CDU) 2008 - 2017: Stanislaw Tillich (CDU) Since 2017: Michael Kretschmer (CDU)

Landtag of Saxony Party strength in the Landtag Election yearTotalseatsSeats wonCDUSPDPDSFDPGrüneNDPLinkeAfDBSWFW1990160923217910199412077222119991207614212004124551331761220091325814149829201412659188271420191194510121438202412041107640151

Legislative compositions

State election results maps

Constituencies in the Landtag Since 2014 NoConstituencyMember202420192014 1 Vogtland 1 Jörg Schmidt AfD CDU 2 Vogtland 2 Sören Voigt CDU 3 Vogtland 3 René Standke AfD CDU Vogtland 4 Abolished CDU 4 Zwickau 1 Kerstin Nicolaus CDU 5 Zwickau 2 Heiko Gumprecht AfD CDU 6 Zwickau 3 Jonas Dünzel AfD CDU 7 Zwickau 4 Daniela Pfeifer CDU 8 Zwickau 5 Mike Moncsek AfD CDU 9 Chemnitz 1 Peter Patt CDU 10 Chemnitz 2 Alexander Dierks CDU 11 Chemnitz 3 Ines Saborowski CDU 12 Erzgebirge 1 Karja Dietz AfD CDU 13 Erzgebirge 2 Peter Bachmann AfD CDU 14 Erzgebirge 3 Thomas Thumm AfD AfD CDU 15 Erzgebirge 4 Thomas Prantl AfD CDU 16 Erzgebirge 5 Arthur Österle AfD CDU 17 Mittelsachsen 1 Marko Winter AfD CDU 18 Mittelsachsen 2 Romy Penz AfD AfD CDU 19 Mittelsachsen 3 Thomas Schmidt CDU 20 Mittelsachsen 4 René Standke AfD AfD CDU Mittelsachsen 5 Abolished CDU 21 Leipzig Land 1 Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch CDU 22 Leipzig Land 2 Oliver Fritzsche CDU 23 Leipzig Land 3 Matthias Berger FW CDU 24 Leipzig Land 4 Kay Ritter CDU 25 Leipzig 1 Nam Duy Nguyen Left CDU 26 Leipzig 2 René Standke CDU Left Left 27 Leipzig 3 Wolf-Dietrich Rost CDU 28 Leipzig 4 Juliane Nagel Left Green CDU 29 Leipzig 5 Andreas Nowak Green CDU 30 Leipzig 6 Claudia Maicher Green CDU 31 Leipzig 7 Rik Ulbricht CDU 32 Leipzig 8 Holger Gasse CDU Created in 2024 33 Nordsachsen 1 Tina Trompter CDU 34 Nordsachsen 2 Ferdinand Wiedeburg AfD CDU 35 Nordsachsen 3 Tobias Heller AfD AfD CDU 36 Meißen 1 Carsten Hütter AfD AfD CDU 37 Meißen 2 Mario Beger AfD AfD CDU 38 Meißen 3 Thomas Kirste AfD AfD CDU 39 Meißen 4 Sven Eppinger CDU 40 Dresden 1 Christian Hartmann CDU 41 Dresden 2 Thomas Löser Grüne CDU 42 Dresden 3 Christian Piwarz CDU 43 Dresden 4 Frank Kromer CDU 44 Dresden 5 Martin Modschiedler Grüne CDU 45 Dresden 6 Barbara Klepsch CDU 46 Dresden 7 Felix Hitzig CDU 47 Dresden 8 Ingo Flemming CDU Created in 2024 48 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 1 Norbert Mayer AfD CDU 49 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 2 André Barth AfD CDU 50 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 3 Jan-Oliver Zwerg AfD AfD CDU 51 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge 4 Martin Braukmann AfD AfD CDU 52 Bautzen 1/Budyšin 1 Frank Peschel AfD AfD CDU 53 Bautzen 2/Budyšin 2 Elaine Jentsch CDU 54 Bautzen 3/Budyšin 3 Timo Schreyer AfD AfD CDU 55 Bautzen 4/Budyšin 4 Doreen Schwietzer AfD AfD CDU 56 Bautzen 5/Budyšin 5 Jörg Urban AfD CDU 57 Görlitz 1/Zhorjelc 1 Roberto Kuhnert AfD AfD CDU 58 Görlitz 2 Michael Kretschmer CDU 59 Görlitz 3 Roman Golombek AfD AfD CDU 60 Görlitz 4 Hajo Exner AfD CDU

Constituencies in the Bundestag NoConstituencyMember2021Voters20172013200920052002199819941990 150 Nordsachsen René Bochmann AfD 161,279 SPD CDU 151 Leipzig I Jens Lehmann 224,100 SPD SPD SPD CDU 152 Leipzig II Sören Pellmann Left 231,178 Left SPD SPD SPD CDU 153 Leipzig-Land Edgar Naujok AfD 212,854 SPD SPD CDU 154 Meißen Barbara Lenk AfD 197,004 CDUCreated for 2009 election 155 Bautzen I Karsten Hilse AfD 206,895 AfD CDUCreated for 2009 election 156 Görlitz Tino Chrupalla AfD 204,105 AfD CDU 157 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge Steffen Janich AfD 199,703 AfD CDUCreated for 2002 election 158 Dresden I Markus Reichel 228,643 CDU 159 Dresden II – Bautzen II Lars Rohwer 234,432 CDU 160 Mittelsachsen Carolin Bachmann AfD 193,828 CDUCreated for 2009 election 161 Chemnitz Detlef Müller SPD 188,691 SPD SPD SPD CDU 162 Chemnitzer Umland – Erzgebirgskreis II Mike Moncsek AfD 177,211 CDUCreated for 2009 election 163 Erzgebirgskreis I Thomas Dietz AfD 210,941 CDUCreated for 2009 election 164 Zwickau Matthias Moosdorf AfD 197,831 CDU 165 Vogtlandkreis Yvonne Magwas 184,973 SPD CDU Bundestag election results Election year% won% wonCDUSPDPDSFDPGrüneNDPLinkeAfDBSW199010049.518.29.012.45.9199410048.024.316.73.84.8199810032.729.120.03.74.4200210033.633.316.27.34.6200510030.024.510.24.84.822.8200910035.614.613.36.724.5201310042.614.63.14.920.06.8201710026.910.58.24.616.127.0202110017.219.311.08.69.324.6202510019.78.53.26.511.337.39.0

See also Landtag of Saxony List of presidents of the Landtag of Saxony 1990 Saxony state election 1994 Saxony state election 1999 Saxony state election 2004 Saxony state election 2009 Saxony state election 2014 Saxony state election 2019 Saxony state election 2024 Saxony state election New states of Germany Politics of East Germany

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