Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2002

The Saxony-Anhalt state election, 2002, was conducted on April 21, 2002, to elect members to the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.

Issues and Campaign

The state was at the time of the election the "poorest" state of Germany and had the highest rate of unemployment. The campaign was influenced by the already started campaigns for the Bundestag elections in September.The Deutsche Volksunion, who had had a great success in 1998, did not run at all, after suffering inner trouble which had ended in the secession of the so-called Freedom and Democracy People's Party (FDVP).

Results

|-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan="2" valign=top| Parties!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="1"| Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="2"| Vote % (change)!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="2"| Seats (change)!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="2"| Seat % (change)|- align=right|||align=left| Christian Democratic Union| 433,521| 37.3| +15.3| 48| +20| 41.7| +17.6|- align=right|||align=left| Party of Democratic Socialism| 236,484| 20.4| +0.7| 25| -| 21.7| +0.15|- align=right|||align=left| Social Democratic Party of Germany| 231,732| 20.0| -15.9| 25| -22| 21.7| -18.8|- align=right|||align=left| Free Democratic Party| 154,145| 13.3| +9.0| 17| +17| 14.8| +14.8|-...
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