2024 Thuringian state election
1 September 2024
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All 88 seats in the Landtag of Thuringia 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 1,218,190 (73.6%) 8.7 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results for the single-member constituencies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Thuringian state election was held on 1 September 2024 to elect the members of the 8th Landtag of Thuringia. It was held on the same day as the 2024 Saxony state election. The outgoing government was a minority government formed by The Left, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and The Greens, led by Minister-President Bodo Ramelow of The Left. Ramelow had led the state since 2014, including through the political crisis following the 2020 state election.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the largest party with 33% of the vote, marking its best ever result and the first time it placed first in a state election. The governing coalition suffered heavy losses: The Left lost more than half its support and fell to fourth place with 13%, while the SPD recorded its worst result in any postwar state election. The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) both failed to clear the five percent threshold and lost all of their seats. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) saw modest gains, placing second with 24%, while the newly-formed Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) debuted in third with 16%.
The election marked a historic breakthrough for the AfD, which became the first far-right party since the Nazi Party (NSDAP) to win a plurality in a German state election.