2024 Saarland local elections
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The 2024 Saarland local elections were held on June 9, 2024 to elect members of Saarland's 6 district councils and 52 municipal councils. The elections were held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.
Background
Local elections are held in Saarland every five years. All Germans and European Union citizens who have reached the age of 18 and have resided in their municipality for at least three months were eligible to vote.
Results
Overall, the elections represented a shift towards both right wing politics and localist politics. The Alternative for Germany in particularly experience unprecedented success, and elected at least one representative to nearly ever municipal council in Saarland. Conversely, the Greens suffered the most significant losses, losing more than half their representatives at both the district and municipal level.
| Party | Votes (District) | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Votes (Municipal) | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 169,831 | 34.38 | 0.36 | 76 | 0 | 174,580 | 35.27 | 0.11 | 667 | 22 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 147,683 | 29.90 | 0.13 | 63 | 2 | 153,843 | 31.08 | 0.14 | 568 | 23 | |
| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 51,401 | 10.41 | 5.46 | 23 | 7 | 44,114 | 8.91 | 0.36 | 121 | 55 | |
| The Greens (Grüne) | 35,975 | 7.28 | 5.32 | 13 | 15 | 31,952 | 6.46 | 4.56 | 79 | 81 | |
| Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) | 17,942 | 3.63 | New | 7 | New | 1,803 | 0.46 | New | 8 | New | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 19,213 | 3.89 | 0.36 | 6 | 0 | 18,541 | 3.75 | 0.23 | 40 | 23 | |
| Free Voters (FW) | 17,243 | 3.49 | 3.04 | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Die Linke | 20,240 | 4.10 | 3.38 | 5 | 7 | 16,587 | 3.35 | 3.13 | 33 | 62 | |
| Local voters' associations | 7,755 | 1.57 | 0.60 | 3 | 2 | 44,751 | 9.04 | 2.95 | 161 | 50 | |
| bunt.saar | 3,628 | 0.73 | New | 1 | New | 2,431 | 0.49 | New | 2 | New | |
| Family Party | 3,087 | 0.62 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 1,134 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | |
| Die PARTEI | – | – | – | – | – | 5,200 | 1.04 | 0.53 | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 493,998 | 97.21 | 0.46 | 204 | 3 | 494,936 | 97.51 | 0.25 | 1,682 | 88 | |
| Invalid votes | 14,187 | 2.79 | 0.46 | 12,616 | 2.49 | 0.25 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 508,185 | 64.99 | 1.41 | 507,552 | 65.05 | 1.34 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 781,929 | 780,133 | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Kreistagswahl 2024" (in German). wahlergebnis.saarland.de. 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ^ "Gemeinderatswahl 2024". wahlergebnis.saarland.de (in German). 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-21.