Saxony-Anhalt elects its 8th state parliament today.
We will keep you up to date on all projections and the result at the end of the evening.
A complicated election result is looming ahead of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.
Reiner Haseloff (CDU) is aiming for another term as Prime Minister.
Here you will find the current results on the evening of June 6, 2021
This ticker is continuously updated.
Update from June 6th, 6 p.m.:
The first forecasts of the evening are there.
Infratest dimap sees parties in the ARD forecasts with the following values:
CDU: 36 percent
AfD: 22.5 percent
Left: 11 percent
SPD: 8.5 percent
Greens: 6.5 percent
FDP: 6.5 percent
Results of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt: First projections of the evening
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Time |
CDU |
AfD |
left |
SPD |
Green |
FDP |
Others |
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6 p.m. |
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Update from June 6th, 5:35 p.m.:
At 6 p.m. there are the first numbers, which at this point in time are based exclusively on voter surveys at the polling rooms.
As soon as the first partial results have been counted, these data are also included in the figures.
The first projections are made, which become more and more precise as the counting progresses.
The preliminary result can be expected later in the evening.
Election result from Saxony-Anhalt with gains and losses
Update from June 6th, 5:01 pm:
You can find the current status in Saxony-Anhalt in this ticker as an interactive graphic.
From the first projections to the final result of the state elections, you will continuously find the current figures here.
You can also follow the gains and losses compared to the result of the previous state election in this way.
In addition to the CDU, AfD, Left, SPD and Greens, the FDP is expected to move into the state parliament this time.
It could also play a role directly in the formation of a government.
It only seems certain that the CDU will again be the strongest party in the new coalition.
Initially low voter turnout: Is the cause to be found in the postal vote?
Update from June 6th, 4.30 p.m.:
In the run-up to the election, a close race between the CDU and AfD was expected at the top. The result of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt is also a final, general mood test before the federal election in September. Although the political situation is extraordinarily explosive, it did not look like a particularly high turnout in the afternoon. Until 2 p.m. it was only 27.1 percent, compared to 35.4 percent in the previous election at the same time. However, a significantly higher number of postal voters can be expected. This could put the numbers from the polling stations into perspective. For this reason alone, it remains open for the time being how high the proportion of voters among the approximately 1.8 million eligible voters could be.
Update from June 6th, 2:15 p.m.:
Election day in Saxony-Anhalt is already well advanced.
The polling stations close in less than four hours.
Then after 6 p.m. the first predictions for the state election will follow.
A preliminary final result could come around midnight
(see first report)
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(Our politics newsletter keeps you up to date on all aspects of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.)
To give you an overview, here is the result of the last state elections in 2016:
Political party |
Result of the state election of Saxony-Anhalt in 2016 |
|---|---|
CDU |
29.8 percent |
AfD |
24.3 percent |
left |
16.3 percent |
SPD |
10.6 percent |
Green |
5.2 percent |
State election of Saxony-Anhalt 2021: When will the first projections and the official final result be available?
First report from June 6th:
Magdeburg - Saxony-Anhalt will be the last federal state to elect a new state parliament before the federal election in late summer.
On June 6, it will be decided whether CDU Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff can continue to rule and which allies will be available with the result of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.
The other two coalition parties, the SPD and the Greens, rely on Katja Pähle and Cornelia Lüddemann as the Left with Eva von Angern and the FDP with Lydia Hüskens on top female candidates.
The toughest competitor for the ruling party should again be the AfD, led by Oliver Kirchner.
The 8th state parliament in Magdeburg will have at least 83 members.
Between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., voters can fill out their ballot papers in the voting room.
When will the result of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt be counted?
The first projections can be expected shortly after the polling stations have closed.
Then a first picture of the future composition of the parliament in the state capital will emerge.
However, the actual counting in Saxony-Anhalt does not begin until this point in time, and postal voting envelopes are only then opened.
The first figures published in the early evening are therefore based to a large extent on the surveys of the electorate on site.
In such “exit polls”, pollsters ask the electorate directly at the polling stations.
However, the participants remain anonymous.
Because this choice is of course also secret.
Since the respondents are also asked to reveal their decision five years ago, conclusions can be drawn about the voter migration between the parties.
How reliable are the projections for the state election result in Saxony-Anhalt?
Shortly thereafter, however, the first counted votes from the polling stations are also included in these projections.
The so-called prognoses emerge, some of which are based on real voter crosses.
In the course of the evening, the forecasts are adjusted again and again and are thus approaching the final election result from hour to hour.
As a rule, the values remain very stable with these updates, but in isolated cases a trend reversal can also emerge.
When will there be an official final result from Saxony-Anhalt?
The result of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt will most likely be known on the evening of the election.
Although no fixed time is given due to possible imponderables, a time window around midnight seems realistic.
These figures are also provisional, but as a rule identical to the official final result, which will be published a few days later.
Before the announcement, first the district electoral committees and finally the state electoral committee meet.
41 MPs have the first vote, the remaining seats are allocated by proportional representation
How the future state parliament will be composed will only be decided afterwards.
A mandate for the first votes is given from each of the 41 constituencies, with a simple majority being sufficient.
42 more MPs join the second vote. Only those parties are considered that have passed the five percent hurdle with their result of the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. These seats are distributed to the parties via proportional representation in such a way that the election result is also reflected in the distribution of seats in parliament. This may require overhang or compensation mandates, which would result in an enlargement of the state parliament.
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