Local elections in Saxony 2014
On May 25, 2014 were municipal elections in Saxony in 2014 instead. There were representatives of the district councils , city councils , municipal councils and village councils elected. The European Parliament election was held on the same day . At the same time, local elections were held in Baden-Württemberg , Brandenburg , Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
Electoral system
The municipal elections in Saxony are carried out according to the principle of proportional representation with open lists (Section 21 KomWG). There is the possibility of accumulating and variegating - several votes per candidate can be cast and votes can be distributed over several lists. The voters have three votes for each of the elections, for example for the election of the district council (§ 15 KomWG). A threshold clause does not exist, but the D'Hondt procedure is used for the allocation of seats , which disadvantages smaller parties (Section 21 KomWG).
Starting position
Municipal council elections
In the municipal council elections of 2009 , the CDU received the most votes with 32.7%, but with a total of 2948 seats less than the Free Voters with 3078 seats and 24.6% of the votes. They were followed by Die Linke with 15.4% and 848 seats, the SPD with 10.9% and 499 seats, the FDP with 8.3% and 462 seats, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen with 5.0% and 65 seats and the NPD with 2.3% and 74 seats. Other parties and electoral associations remained below 1% and won a total of 27 seats.
District elections
In the district council elections of 2008 , the CDU received 39.5% of the vote and 376 seats in the district councils. The Left won 177 seats with 18.7% of the vote. With 12.1% of the votes, the electoral associations were able to provide 100 members, whereas the SPD, with 11.5% fewer votes, won more seats with 109. With 8.3% of the votes, the FDP was able to send 75 members to the district assembly and the NPD moved into parliaments with 44 members and 5.1% of the votes. Alliance 90 / The Greens had 27 MPs with 3.1% of the votes and the DSU won 1.5% of the votes and 12 seats. The Freedom Party of Germany , the ÖDP and the German Party for the Welfare of the People (DPWV) competed, but received only a few hundred votes and could not win any seats in the district assemblies.
Result
Municipal council elections
The total number of seats was reduced after several incorporations and municipal mergers from 8001 seats in 2009 by 769 seats to 7,232 seats in 2014. As in the last local elections, the CDU received the most votes with 33.3%, but is with 2,783 seats again fewer representatives than the electoral associations, which won 2817 seats with 23.8% of the vote. The left was again the third strongest force and improved its result to 16.5% with 793 seats. The SPD lost slightly and gained 10.7% of the vote and 442 seats. The Greens were able to improve to 5.8% of the votes (78 seats), overtaking the FDP, which lost almost half of its votes and only got 4.2% and 206 seats. The AfD , which appeared for the first time, achieved 2.5% of the votes and 34 seats. The NPD slipped below the 2% mark and got 1.9% of the vote and 59 seats. All other parties and electoral associations remained below 1% and won a total of 20 seats.
The turnout increased slightly, rising from 47.7% in 2009 to 49.1% in 2014.
District elections
The district election was the second after the district reform in 2008 . The city councils of the independent cities of Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig were last elected in 2009. The total number of seats was reduced by 6 from 1120 in 2008/2009 to 1114 in 2014. The CDU gained 0.6% of the votes and continues to have the majority of MPs across Saxony. It now has 439 members (plus 10) in the district assemblies and city councils of the independent cities. DIE LINKE lost 0.7% and was again second strongest with 204 seats (minus 15). The SPD lost 0.3%, but is still in third place with 143 seats (minus 3). The voter associations lost together 1.6%. With 103 seats (minus 11), they remain in fourth place. Alliance 90 / The Greens gained the most percentage of the established parties and now have 60 members with 0.9% more votes (plus 9). The alternative for Germany, presented for the first time, received 5.7% of the votes and 58 seats. This left the FDP behind, which lost 4.2% of the vote and 44 seats. It now has 4.98% of the vote and 54 seats. The NPD had 0.6% of the vote and still provides 41 (minus 9). The PIRATES were able to win 1.0% of the votes and thus for the first time have 5 members. The PRO movement ran again in Chemnitz and for the first time in the district of Meißen. It was able to increase by 0.1% to 0.4%, but remains at 3 seats. The DSU lost 0.9% and thus has 8 fewer members. It only got 0.4% and 4 seats, its worst result since 1990. The PARTY entered for the first time and got 0.3% of the vote and 0 seats. The NEUE FORUM lost 0.1% of the votes and the only seat. It currently only has 0.1% of the votes.
The turnout increased slightly from 45.8% in 2008 to 48.9% in 2014.
Web links
- Law on Local Elections in the Free State of Saxony (KomWG)
- The 2014 local elections website at www.statistik.sachsen.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Election calendar on the website of the Saxon Ministry of the Interior. ( PDF , 210 KB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 29, 2014 ; Retrieved April 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Section 21 of the Local Election Act at www.bundesrecht24.de. Retrieved April 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Section 15 of the Local Election Act at www.bundesrecht24.de. Retrieved April 28, 2014 .
- ↑ Results of the municipal elections 2009 on www.statistik.sachsen.de. Retrieved July 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Results of the 2008 district council elections at www.statistik.sachsen.de. Retrieved October 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Results of the 2014 municipal council elections at www.statistik.sachsen.de. Retrieved July 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Results of the district council elections 2014 at www.statistik.sachsen.de. Retrieved October 27, 2014 .
