State election in Saarland 2017
voter turnout: 69.7%
The state election in Saarland 2017 took place on March 26, 2017. The 16th state parliament of Saarland was elected .
requirements
Starting position
The CDU emerged from Prime Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the strongest force in the state elections on March 25, 2012 , followed by the SPD and the Left . The SPD received 6.1 percentage points of the votes than in the 2009 election. The Pirate Party , which was the first to stand in a state election in Saarland , won 7.4% of the votes from the stand of the state parliament and thus for the first time in the state parliament of a German state. The losers of the election were the FDP (1.2% after 9.2% in 2009) and the Left (- 5.2 percentage points). The Greens recorded losses (- 0.9 percentage points) in a state election for the first time in four years ( Hamburg state election in 2008 ) and only just re-entered the Saarland state parliament with 5.0%. Since then, the CDU and SPD have formed a coalition; Kramp-Karrenbauer was re-elected Prime Minister ( Cabinet Kramp-Karrenbauer II ).
Suffrage
41 of the total of 51 seats in the Saarland state parliament were filled from the district election proposals in the constituencies of Neunkirchen, Saarbrücken and Saarlouis, while the remaining seats were filled with candidates from the state list (Section 1 (2) Landtag Election Act).
Campaigning parties
Eligible nominations
Nominations for election could be submitted until January 19, 2017. The parties previously not represented in the state parliament had to submit 300 supporter signatures per constituency for approval . Sixteen parties were approved in at least one of the three constituencies ( Neunkirchen , Saarbrücken , Saarlouis ) or with a state list :
| Political party | Abbreviation | Constituencies | 2012 result | Top candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | CDU | all | 35.2% | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | SPD | all | 30.6% | Anke Rehlinger |
| The left | THE LEFT | all | 16.1% | Oskar Lafontaine |
| Pirate Party Germany | PIRATES | all | 7.4% | Gerd Rainer Weber |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | GREEN | all | 5.0% | Hubert Ulrich |
| Family party of Germany | FAMILY | all | 1.7% | Roland Koerner |
| Free Democratic Party | FDP | all | 1.2% | Oliver Luksic |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | NPD | all | 1.2% | Peter Richter |
| Free voters | FREE VOTERS | all | 0.9% | Uwe Kammer |
| Alternative for Germany | AfD | all | - | Rudolf Müller |
| Basic Income Alliance - The Basic Income Party | UBI | Saarbrücken | - | Jeanine Hechl |
| Democratic citizens of Germany | DBD | all | - | Hans Peter Pflug |
| The unit | THE UNIT | all | - | Andrej Bott |
| The reformers | REFORMER | all | - | Paul Muller |
| Free Citizens Union | FBU | Neunkirchen | - | Gisela Müller |
| Liberal Conservative Reformers | LKR | all | - | Sven Wagner |
Election programs
Parties represented in the state parliament
The top candidate of the CDU Saarland was Prime Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer . The CDU campaigned for the Saarland to be retained as an independent federal state through budget consolidation. This is to be achieved through savings and downsizing in the public sector and downsizing the government.
The Minister of Economic Affairs, Anke Rehlinger, was the top candidate for the Saarland SPD . The SPD wanted to make savings in the budget by reducing the number of ministries from 8 to 6 and by foregoing double occupations of state secretaries. The equivalence of community school and grammar school in the education sector is to be strengthened and 30 percent of the total expenditure of the state budget is to be invested in "good education".
The top candidate, Die Linke Saarland, was Oskar Lafontaine , as in the last two state elections . The Left called for more citizen participation and a millionaire tax in its election manifesto. The energy sector is to be remunicipalised and savings banks are to be banned from speculating.
In its election manifesto, the Saarland Pirate Party demanded a yes to the debt brake and investment in education. Among other things, ethics should be introduced as a regular school subject instead of religious instruction.
The Greens' top candidate was Hubert Ulrich . The main focus of the Saar Greens election program was education, climate protection and social policy. Among other things, education expenditure is to increase from the current 26.4 percent to 30 percent of the total budget and the energy transition is to be pushed. It should be prevented that “poverty is passed on”.
Parties not represented in the Landtag
The FDP Saarland wanted to return to the state parliament with its state chairman Oliver Luksic as the top candidate. In its election program, the FDP called for a major digitization offensive and administrative reform as well as an expansion of crèche and kindergarten places with facilities open up to 24 hours with the slogan “Das neue Saarland”. The main focus of the party was on education and the economy.
The top candidate of the AfD Saar was Rudolf Müller . The AfD advocates the long-term abolition of the districts, calls for the Saarbahn to be expanded and the police to be strengthened. The universities are to be expanded into "elite universities". Gymnasiums should be able to choose between G8 and G9. The expansion of the bound all-day school is to be stopped. The state parliament is to be reduced to a part-time parliament and the citizens are to have more say. Further expansion of wind power is rejected.
The top candidate of the family party was its parliamentary group leader in the St. Ingbert city council Roland Körner . The family party called for family suffrage , as social processes would be decided for everyone - whether young or old. A return to the G9 and free and flexible childcare were further demands of the party, which is also committed to the childcare allowance. The tariffs in public transport should be standardized and more attractive. Targeted promotion of future-oriented industries and the expansion of the digital infrastructure will promote the economy, but also take responsibility for offering family-friendly jobs (e.g. through improved protection against dismissal for parents).
The Basic Income Alliance is a one-topic party. As its name suggests, it advocates the introduction of an unconditional basic income . She first appeared in an election.
The Democratic Citizens Germany party was only founded in the summer of 2016 and was elected for the first time. It sees itself as a "party of the political center".
The regional association in Saarland of the party Die Reformer was only founded in 2016 and took part in an election for the first time. The reformers see themselves as an alternative to extreme and established parties, they demand, among other things, a strengthening of the middle class and a fair and just tax system. The party also wants deeper integration in Europe.
The Free Citizens Union wants Germany to leave the euro and the European Union.
Polls before the election
For the Sunday question, the polling institutes gave the following results:
| Institute | date | CDU | SPD | left | Pirates | Green | FDP | AfD | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research group elections | 03/23/2017 | 37% | 32% | 12.5% | - | 4.5% | 4% | 6% | 4% |
| INSA | 03/22/2017 | 35% | 33% | 13% | - | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% |
| Research group elections | 03/17/2017 | 37% | 32% | 12% | - | 4% | 4% | 7% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | March 16, 2017 | 35% | 34% | 13% | - | 4.5% | 3% | 6.5% | 4% |
| Forsa | 09.03.2017 | 34% | 33% | 13% | - | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% |
| INSA | 07.03.2017 | 36% | 33% | 12% | - | 4% | 4% | 7% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | 01/26/2017 | 38% | 26% | 14% | - | 5% | 4% | 9% | 4% |
| INSA | 01/13/2017 | 35% | 24% | 16% | - | 6% | 5% | 10% | 4% |
| Forsa | 11/15/2016 | 37% | 26% | 15% | - | 6% | 3% | 9% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | 05/11/2016 | 34% | 29% | 12% | - | 7% | 4% | 11% | 3% |
| Infratest dimap | 03/31/2015 | 40% | 33% | 10% | 1 % | 6% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | 05/14/2014 | 37% | 34% | 13% | 2% | 5% | - | 5% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | 07/05/2013 | 39% | 36% | 10% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| State election 2012 | 03/25/2012 | 35.2% | 30.6% | 16.1% | 7.4% | 5.0% | 1.2% | nk | 4.4% |
When asked who the citizens would directly elect to be Prime Minister, the polling institutes gave the following values:
| Institute | date |
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) |
Anke Rehlinger (SPD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research group elections | 03/26/2017 | 52% | 36% |
| Infratest dimap | 03/26/2017 | 52% | 38% |
| Research group elections | 03/23/2017 | 53% | 34% |
| Research group elections | 03/17/2017 | 55% | 31% |
| Infratest dimap | March 16, 2017 | 51% | 32% |
| Infratest dimap | 01/26/2017 | 60% | 23% |
| Forsa | 11/15/2016 | 53% | 19% |
| Infratest dimap | 05/11/2016 | 59% | 26% |
| Infratest dimap | 03/31/2015 | 62% | 18% |
Official end result
Prime Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer's CDU emerged from the election as the strongest force , followed by the SPD and the Left . The AfD , which stood for the first time in a state election in Saarland, moved into parliament with 6.2% of the vote. The pirates and the Greens failed at the five percent hurdle and left the state parliament. The FDP did not succeed in re-entering the state parliament. Surveys a few weeks before the election had predicted a head-to-head race between the two coalition partners CDU and SPD, which is why the Left had sought a government with the SPD. Compared to the 2012 election, however, the CDU was able to significantly improve its result with gains of 5.5 percentage points, while the SPD remained practically unchanged.
| Political party | be right | percent | Compared to 2012 (percentage) | Mandates | Compared to 2012 (mandates) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 217.263 | 40.70 | + 5.48 | 24 | + 5 | |
| SPD | 158.057 | 29.61 | - 1.00 | 17th | ± 0 | |
| The left | 68,566 | 12.85 | - 3.28 | 7th | - 2nd | |
| AfD | 32,971 | 6.18 | + 6.18 | 3 | + 3 | |
| Green | 21,392 | 4.01 | - 1.03 | - | - 2nd | |
| FDP | 17,419 | 3.26 | + 2.04 | - | ||
| family | 4,435 | 0.83 | - 0.91 | - | ||
| Pirates | 3,979 | 0.75 | - 6.66 | - | - 4th | |
| NPD | 3,744 | 0.70 | - 0.46 | - | ||
| Free voters | 2.146 | 0.40 | - 0.47 | - | ||
| LKR | 1,179 | 0.22 | + 0.22 | - | ||
| reformer | 880 | 0.17 | + 0.17 | - | ||
| THE UNIT | 872 | 0.16 | + 0.16 | - | ||
| DBD | 543 | 0.10 | + 0.10 | - | ||
| UBI | 286 | 0.05 | + 0.05 | - | ||
| FBU | 51 | 0.01 | + 0.01 | - | ||
| Eligible voters | 774.951 | |||||
| Voters | 540,290 | 69.7 | + 8.1 | |||
| invalid | 6,507 | 1.2 | - 0.9 | |||
| valid | 533.783 | |||||
After the election
- Selected applicants
- List of members of the Saarland Landtag (16th electoral term)
- Legislation
The 1st session of the 16th state parliament took place on April 25, 2017. The old electoral term (Art. 67 para. 1 SVerf) and the term of office of the state government (Art. 87 para. 3 SVerf) end with the convening of the new Landtag. Until the new government was sworn in, the previous one remained in office (Art. 87 (5) SVerf).
| Possible coalition | Seats |
|---|---|
| Total seats | 51 |
| Two-thirds majority (from 35 seats) | |
| CDU, SPD | 41 |
- Coalition opportunities
With 24 seats in the 51-seat state parliament, the CDU is the strongest parliamentary group and only 2 seats away from the absolute majority of 26 seats. There would be majorities for the CDU with all other parliamentary groups represented in the state parliament, in particular a two-thirds majority with the SPD . A majority with the exclusion of the CDU would only be formed from the SPD and the left , including the AfD, an option that was ruled out before the election.
Web links
- Website of the regional returning officer
- State election in Saarland 2017 on the information portal on political education
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Returning Officer Saarland: Final official election result of the state elections 2017 , Media Info 10/27 of April 5, 2017, accessed on April 6, 2017.
- ↑ Facts on the Saarland election 2017. In: bpb.de (March 2, 2017).
- ↑ Official Journal 2016, pp. 546–549 ( www.saarland.de ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice. ).
- ↑ Official Journal 2017, pp. 124–175 ( online ( memento of the original dated February 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice . ).
- ^ Saar state election with 16 parties and groups of voters. (No longer available online.) Www.wetter.de, February 2, 2017, archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on March 9, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ Election program of the CDU ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ^ Election program of the SPD ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Election program Die Linke ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Election program Pirate Party ( memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ The green election program ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Daniel Kirch: Alternative for Germany (AfD) - State elections in Saarland 2017. In: bpb.de. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Election program of the family party
- ↑ Democratic Citizens Germany ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ The reformers
- ↑ https://www.treffpunkteuropa.de/wahl-im-saarland-was-wollen-die-parts-fur-europa
- ↑ https://www.treffpunkteuropa.de/wahl-im-saarland-was-wollen-die-parts-fur-europa
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Wahlrecht.de : Election polls on the state elections in Saarland
