All 146 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony, including 11 overhang and leveling seats 74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
3,657,881 (60.3%) 2.8 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Stephan Weil
Bernd Althusmann
Julia Hamburg & Christian Meyer
Party
SPD
CDU
Greens
Last election
55 seats, 36.9%
50 seats, 33.6%
12 seats, 8.7%
Seats won
57
47
24
Seat change
2
3
12
Popular vote
1,211,418
1,017,276
526,923
Percentage
33.4%
28.1%
14.5%
Swing
3.5%
5.5%
5.8%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Stefan Marzischewski-Drewes
Stefan Birkner
Party
AfD
FDP
Last election
9 seats, 6.2%
11 seats, 7.5%
Seats won
18
0
Seat change
9
11
Popular vote
396,839
170,298
Percentage
11.0%
4.7%
Swing
4.8%
2.8%
Map of the election, showing the winner of each single-member district and the distribution of list seats.
Government before election
Second Weil cabinet
SPD–CDU
Government after election
Third Weil cabinet
SPD–Green
The 2022 Lower Saxony state election was held on 9 October 2022 to elect the 19th Landtag of Lower Saxony.[1] The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) led by Minister-President Stephan Weil.
The SPD remained the largest party with 33% and gained two seats, despite a decline of 3.5 percentage points. The CDU suffered a larger loss and won 28%. Alliance 90/The Greens recorded their best result to date in the state, taking 14.5% on a swing of six points. Alternative for Germany (AfD) made gains for the first time in any election since October 2019, improving to 11%, while the Free Democratic Party (FDP) fell just short of the 5% electoral threshold and lost representation.
Amidst an ongoing energy crisis and looming recession, commentators described the result as a victory for the incumbent federal SPD government of Olaf Scholz, who had suffered a decline in popularity and recent losses in other state elections.[2]
Minister-President Weil ruled out continuing government with the CDU and formed a new coalition with the Greens. He was re-elected as Minister-President by the Landtag on 8 November, and his cabinet was sworn in the same day.[3]
^"Nächste Landtagswahl in Niedersachsen". Lower Saxony Landtag. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^"Germany: Lower Saxony election a boost for Chancellor Olaf Scholz". Deutsche Welle. 9 October 2022.
^"Stephan Weil re-elected as Minister-President". Die Zeit (in German). 8 November 2022.
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