Due to a software error, an incorrect seat distribution was published, the state election office announced. According to this, the Greens and the SPD each received one seat more, and the CDU and the AfD each received one seat less than initially stated. Due to the new calculation, the AfD lost the so-called blocking minority in the state.
Despite the change, the previous coalition of CDU, Greens and SPD still does not have a majority in the new state parliament. A blocking minority means that a party has more than a third of the seats in the state parliament. In this case, it can prevent certain state laws that are passed with a two-thirds majority of all MPs.
Corrected result
In Saxony, as in other federal states, constitutional judges and the heads of the state audit office are elected with a two-thirds majority of all parliamentarians. Certain posts could not have been filled without the AfD’s approval. It could also have prevented the state parliament from dissolving itself.
According to the corrected result, the CDU has 41 seats, the AfD 40. The BSW has 15 seats, the SPD 10, the Greens 7. The Left has 6 seats, the Free Voters 1 seat. There are a total of 120 seats in the Saxon state parliament.
According to the preliminary results, the CDU received 31.9 percent (2019: 32.1 percent). The AfD is just behind with 30.6 percent (27.5). The BSW achieved 11.8 percent from the start. The SPD landed at 7.3 percent (7.7). The Left Party slipped dramatically to 4.5 percent (10.4). The Greens received 5.1 percent (8.6). The FDP again missed out on a place in the state parliament with just 0.9 percent (4.5) – as it did in the last two state elections.
This article was updated at 11:22 am.