Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2002

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The Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2002, was conducted on April 21, 2002, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Saxony-Anhalt.

Contents

1 Issues and Campaign 2 Results 3 Post-election 4 Sources

Issues and Campaign

Results

Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage	Total Seats	Seat percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	231,732	20.0%	25	21.7%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	433,521	37.3%	48	41.7%
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	236,484	20.4%	25	21.7%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	154,145	13.3%	17	14.8%
Alliance '90/The Greens	22,696	2.0%	0	0.0%
Law and Order Offensive Party	52,589	4.5%	0	0.0%
All Others	29,818	2.6%	0	0.0%
Totals	1,160,985	100.0%	115	100.0%

Post-election

The PDS-backed SPD government no longer had enough seats to remain in power, and Wolfgang Böhmer (CDU) was able to form a new government in coalition with the FPD.

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer (http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/e/index_e.htm)

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