Landtag of Saxony
Parliament of the German Free State Saxony
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| December 18 2024 | Greens proposed changing election rules to allow an explicit 'against all' vote on the second ballot, a measure designed to prevent a potential repeat of the 2020 Thuringian government crisis. The proposal was voted down both times before the ballots. |
| December 18 2024 | State constitution Minister-President election scheduled, requiring an absolute majority of 61 out of 120 votes on the first ballot. Candidates include AfD leader Jörg Urban, Matthias Berger of the Free Voters, and incumbent Michael Kretschmer. |
| December 17 2024 | Coalition agreement is ratified by CDU and SPD and officially signed. |
| December 4 2024 | CDU and SPD announce completion of a coalition agreement for a minority coalition with 51 seats. |
| November 15 2024 | CDU and SPD leaders announce they have begun negotiations toward forming a minority coalition, contrary to Kretschmer's previous statements. |
| November 5 2024 | BSW permanently leaves coalition talks, citing irreconcilable differences on state finances, migration, and the War in Ukraine. |
| October 28 2024 | Michael Schleinitz, a 44-year-old Free Saxony party member, was arrested for electoral fraud related to manipulated postal ballots and additional charges of attempted arson. |
| October 25 2024 | SPD temporarily suspends participation in coalition talks after some BSW members vote with AfD on a parliamentary inquiry committee, but talks resume the following week. |
| October 17 2024 | CDU, BSW, and SPD produce a report concluding that 'constructive and solution-oriented cooperation for Saxony is possible'. |
| September 23 2024 | Exploratory talks begin between CDU, BSW, and SPD for potential government formation. |
| September 20 2024 | Friedrich Merz gives a speech describing a potential coalition including BSW as 'very, very, very unlikely' while maintaining the goal of keeping AfD out of the Minister-President's office. |
| September 13 2024 | The state electoral committee reviewed the modified ballots and decided no further action was needed after the local electoral committees' invalidation. |
| September 9 2024 | Michael Kretschmer meets with Sahra Wagenknecht to explore possibilities for political cooperation and potential coalition negotiations. |
| September 5 2024 | Dresden and Bautzen electoral committees invalidated modified postal ballots in their final vote canvass, after discovering 111 mail ballots in Dresden, 14 in Radeberg, and one in Dohna had been fraudulently altered to favor the Free Saxony party. |
| September 1 2024 | The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance made its first electoral appearance, winning 12% of the vote and securing fifteen seats in the Landtag. |
| September 1 2024 | The 8th Landtag of Saxony state election was held, with Michael Kretschmer's CDU-led coalition facing significant challenges. The election resulted in the incumbent coalition losing its majority. |
| June 2024 | Experts from TU Dresden discovered an unusual voting pattern in the Langebrück-1 postal voting district, with 13.4% of votes going to Free Saxony, significantly higher than the party's typical state-wide performance. |
| June 9 2024 | European Parliament election takes place, providing a polling indicator for the Saxony state election, with parties showing varying levels of support |
| 2019 | Alternative for Germany (AfD) gained almost 28 percent of the vote in the Saxony state election, becoming the second strongest political force. CDU remained the strongest party with almost 32 percent of the vote. |
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