All 152 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 77 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
3,422,552 (57.0%) 10.0%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Christian Wulff
Wolfgang Jüttner
Philipp Rösler
Party
CDU
SPD
FDP
Last election
91 seats, 48.3%
63 seats, 33.4%
15 seats, 8.1%
Seats won
68
48
13
Seat change
23
15
2
Popular vote
1,455,687
1,035,894
279,557
Percentage
42.5%
30.3%
8.2%
Swing
5.8%
3.1%
0.1%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Stefan Wenzel
Kreszentia Flauger
Party
Greens
Left
Last election
14 seats, 7.6%
0 seats, 0.5%
Seats won
12
11
Seat change
2
11
Popular vote
273,934
243,106
Percentage
8.0%
7.1%
Swing
0.4%
6.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election
Christian Wulff
CDU
Elected Minister-President
Christian Wulff
CDU
The 2008 Lower Saxony state election was held on 27 January 2008 to elect the members of the 16th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Christian Wulff was re-elected with a reduced majority.[1]
^Kulish, Nicholas (28 January 2008). "Merkel Party's Edge Is Tiny in Crucial State". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
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