Minister-President and CDU leader Dieter Althaus resigned in the wake of the election, stating he took responsibility for his party's losses.[2] However, observers noted that his resignation also helped clear the way for a grand coalition between the CDU and SPD, which was preferred by both parties, and would be easier to manage under new leadership. The only viable alternative to a grand coalition was a government led by The Left with SPD and Green support, which both the CDU and SPD sought to avoid; the CDU because such a coalition would leave them in opposition, and the SPD because of personal animosity between its leader Christoph Matschie and Left leader Bodo Ramelow.[2] Ultimately, a grand coalition of the CDU and SPD was formed under the leadership of the CDU's Christine Lieberknecht, who was elected Minister-President.
^CDU and SPD form Thuringia state coalition, The Local; 19 October 2009.
^ ab"Merkel Loyalist Resigns (Published 2009)". The New York Times. from the original on 2022-08-28.
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The 2009 Thuringian state election was held on 30 August 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Thuringia It was held on the same day as the 2009 Saarland state election and the 2009 Saxony state election The incumbent Christian Democratic Union CDU government led by Minister President Dieter Althaus was defeated The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party SPD Althaus resigned after the election due to his party s poor performance which was far below expectations He was succeeded by fellow CDU member Christine Lieberknecht who was elected as the new Minister President 1 2009 Thuringia state election 2004 30 August 2009 2014 All 88 seats of the Landtag of ThuringiaRegistered1 910 074 2 5 Turnout1 054 297 56 2 2 4 First party Second party Third party Leader Dieter Althaus Bodo Ramelow Christoph MatschieParty CDU Left SPDLeader s seat Eichsfeld I Erfurt III won seat Jena I won seat Last election 45 seats 43 0 28 seats 26 1 a 15 seats 14 5 Seats won 30 27 18Seat change 15 1 3Popular vote 329 302 288 915 195 363Percentage 31 2 27 4 18 5 Swing 11 8 1 3 4 0 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Uwe Barth Astrid Rothe BeinlichParty FDP GreensLeader s seat List b List c Last election 0 seats 3 6 0 seats 4 5 Seats won 7 6Seat change 7 6Popular vote 80 600 64 912Percentage 7 6 6 2 Swing 4 0 1 7 Results for the direct mandates Minister President before electionDieter AlthausCDU Elected Minister President Christine LieberknechtCDU Contents 1 Parties 2 Opinion polling 3 Election result 4 Outcome 5 Notes 6 ReferencesParties EditThe table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Thuringia Name Ideology Leader s 2004 resultVotes SeatsCDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Dieter Althaus 43 0 45 88Linke The LeftDie Linke Democratic socialism Bodo Ramelow 26 1 d 28 88SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Christoph Matschie 14 5 15 88Opinion polling EditPolling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU Linke SPD Grune FDP Others Lead2009 state election 30 Aug 2009 31 2 27 4 18 5 6 2 7 6 9 1 3 8TU Ilumenau 10 22 Aug 2009 369 41 23 15 10 8 3 18Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 17 20 Aug 2009 1 000 35 25 18 5 10 7 10Infratest dimap 18 20 Aug 2009 1 000 34 24 19 6 8 9 10IfM Leipzig 10 13 Aug 2009 805 37 23 20 5 9 6 14Infratest dimap 7 11 Aug 2009 1 000 34 24 20 6 9 7 10Forsa 13 24 Jul 2009 1 004 40 24 16 6 6 8 16Infratest dimap 19 23 Jun 2009 1 000 36 24 18 6 9 7 12IfM Leipzig 11 13 May 2009 801 36 23 23 5 8 5 13Forsa 4 15 May 2009 1 005 40 26 18 4 6 6 14Infratest dimap 8 12 May 2009 1 000 39 25 20 5 6 5 14Infratest dimap 18 22 Mar 2009 1 000 36 25 20 5 8 6 11GESS 4 7 Mar 2009 1 004 39 25 18 4 8 6 14Forsa 12 16 Jan 2009 751 39 28 16 5 5 7 11IfM Leipzig 21 23 Oct 2008 805 33 30 18 5 6 7 3Forsa 25 Aug 9 Sep 2008 863 37 32 15 4 5 7 5dimap 26 Jun 10 Jul 2008 1 001 31 31 20 5 6 7 TieInfratest dimap 5 7 May 2008 1 000 33 29 23 5 5 5 4IfM Leipzig 8 10 Apr 2008 804 33 29 21 6 5 6 4Emnid 13 27 Feb 2008 500 36 25 24 4 5 11IfM Leipzig 10 12 Dec 2007 803 35 25 25 5 4 6 10Infratest dimap Oct 2007 1 000 35 26 23 5 5 9IfM Leipzig 21 22 Aug 2007 801 36 29 25 3 3 4 7dimap 9 13 Jul 2007 1 003 40 25 24 4 4 3 15IfM Leipzig 12 15 May 2007 801 34 25 26 5 5 5 8Emnid 30 Apr 16 May 2007 516 32 27 22 6 6 6 5IfM Leipzig 23 Feb 2007 30 26 28 6 5 5 2IfM Leipzig 15 Dec 2006 802 34 25 27 5 4 5 7IfM Leipzig 16 17 Aug 2006 810 33 26 30 4 3 4 3IfM Leipzig 7 8 Feb 2006 802 34 24 29 3 4 6 10IfM Leipzig 12 15 Dec 2005 806 36 26 27 3 5 3 9Uni Jena Jul 2005 1 000 40 31 15 4 5 5 9IfM Leipzig 28 30 May 2005 803 45 21 20 4 5 5 24IfM Leipzig 24 Jan 2005 806 39 22 23 4 4 8 16IfM Leipzig Sep 2004 41 25 18 6 4 6 162004 state election 13 Jun 2004 43 0 26 1 14 5 4 5 3 6 8 3 16 9Election result EditSummary of the 30 August 2009 election results for the Landtag of Thuringia Party Votes Seats Seats Christian Democratic Union CDU 329 302 31 2 11 8 30 15 34 1The Left Linke 288 915 27 4 1 3 e 28 1 f 30 7Social Democratic Party SPD 195 363 18 5 4 0 18 3 20 5Free Democratic Party FDP 80 600 7 6 4 0 7 7 8 0Alliance 90 The Greens Grune 64 912 6 2 1 7 6 6 6 8National Democratic Party NPD 45 451 4 3 2 7 0 0 0Free Voters FW 40 811 3 9 1 3 0 0 0Others 8 943 0 8 0 0 0Total 1 054 297 100 0 88 0Voter turnout 56 2 2 4Popular VoteCDU 31 23 DIE LINKE 27 40 SPD 18 53 FDP 7 64 B 90 GRUNE 6 16 NPD 4 31 FW 3 87 Other 0 86 Landtag seatsCDU 34 09 DIE LINKE 30 68 SPD 20 45 FDP 7 95 B 90 GRUNE 6 82 Outcome EditMinister President and CDU leader Dieter Althaus resigned in the wake of the election stating he took responsibility for his party s losses 2 However observers noted that his resignation also helped clear the way for a grand coalition between the CDU and SPD which was preferred by both parties and would be easier to manage under new leadership The only viable alternative to a grand coalition was a government led by The Left with SPD and Green support which both the CDU and SPD sought to avoid the CDU because such a coalition would leave them in opposition and the SPD because of personal animosity between its leader Christoph Matschie and Left leader Bodo Ramelow 2 Ultimately a grand coalition of the CDU and SPD was formed under the leadership of the CDU s Christine Lieberknecht who was elected Minister President Notes Edit Results for PDS Ran in Jena I lost Ran in Erfurt II lost Results for PDS Compared to results for PDS Compared to results for PDS References Edit CDU and SPD form Thuringia state coalition The Local 19 October 2009 a b Merkel Loyalist Resigns Published 2009 The New York Times Archived from the original on 2022 08 28 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009 Thuringian state election amp oldid 1167762288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,