Die saarländische Landtagswahl vom 25. März 2012: von Jamaika zur Großen Koalition

In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen: ZParl, Band 43, Heft 3, S. 507-524

Abstract

"Structural circumstances as well as political traditions in the Saarland have favored the election of the Christian Democrats since the 1950s. Due to the governing parties' bad appearance, regional political issues determined the election campaigns in 2012. Aiming at forming a grand coalition, both Social Democrats and CDU strove for becoming the strongest party. The governing CDU sustained its position and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer therefore is still the prime minister of the Saarland. But the SPD was also able to enhance its result distinctly and joined the Saarland' first grand coalition. While the increase of the Left Party was stopped and the Green Party barely managed the five-percent-hurdle, the Liberal Democratic Party was thrown out of parliament by the voters. Many unsatisfied young citizens finally made the Pirate Party Germany the biggest winner of the election." (author's abstract)