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2013 Lower Saxony state election
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20 January 2013
2017 →
All 137 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 69 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
3,574,900 (59.4%) 2.4%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
David McAllister
Stephan Weil
Anja Piel & Stefan Wenzel
Party
CDU
SPD
Greens
Last election
68 seats, 42.5%
48 seats, 30.3%
12 seats, 8.0%
Seats won
54
49
20
Seat change
14
1
8
Popular vote
1,287,549
1,165,538
489,473
Percentage
36.0%
32.6%
13.7%
Swing
6.5%
2.3%
5.7%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Stefan Birkner
Manfred Sohn
Party
FDP
Left
Last election
13 seats, 8.2%
11 seats, 7.1%
Seats won
14
0
Seat change
1
11
Popular vote
354,970
112,212
Percentage
9.9%
3.1%
Swing
1.7%
4.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election
David McAllister
CDU
Elected Minister-President
Stephan Weil
SPD
The 2013 Lower Saxony state election was held on 20 January 2013 to elect the members of the 17th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President David McAllister was defeated. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) formed a government with The Greens which held a slim, one-seat majority. Stephan Weil was subsequently elected Minister-President.[1]
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