The BSW Saxony (German: BSW Sachsen) is the regional state association of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Currently, the party holds 14 of the 120 seats, making it the third-largest faction in the Landtag of Saxony.
History The BSW federal party was founded by Sahra Wagenknecht on 8 January 2024, with a founding meeting in a hotel in Berlin.
Subsequently, a BSW development team was established for Saxony to ensure the necessary party structure for participation in the local and European elections as well as the state elections.Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht: Aufbruchsstimmung und Unklarheiten im sächsischen BSW-Aufbauteam, mdr.de, 26. Januar 2024, abgerufen am 3. September 2024
The founding assembly of BSW Saxony took place in Chemnitz on 24 February 2024 where a constitution was discussed and adopted in the state.Homepage BSW Sachsen, Gründungsversammlung, abgerufen am 3. September 2024
On 18 May 2024, the BSW Saxony met to adopt the 2024 state election programme.Homepage BSW Sachsen: Landtagswahlen 2024, abgerufen am 3. September 2024
In the , which took place on 9 June 2024, concurrently with the 2024 European Parliament election, the party contested elections in 9 of the 10 districts (except for the district of Nordsachsen and some constituencies in other districts) and the 3 independent cities, achieving a result of 8.5% statewide. This made it the third strongest party after the CDU (24.2%) and AfD (26.9%), ahead of the SPD (7.9%), the Left Party (6.9%), and the Greens (6.7 percent). In Chemnitz one of the 9 seats won could not be filled because there were not enough BSW candidates available.
In the 2024 Saxony state election, the BSW received 277,568 votes, or 11.8% of the votes cast, and thus won 15 of the 120 seats in the Landtag of Saxony.Tagesschau: Landtagswahlen Thüringen Sachsen, 1. September 2024, abgerufen am 3. September 2024
State Parliament Group At the beginning of the legislative period, the BSW parliamentary group was represented in the 8th Saxon Landtag by a total of 15 members. In September 2026, one member left the group.
State Chair +ZeitChairperson2024–2025Sabine ZimmermannSince 2025
External links
bsw-vg-sachsen.de – Netzauftritt des BSW Sachsen
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