2014 Saarland local elections

Both of Germany's two historically dominant political parties, Christian Democratic Union and Social Democratic Party, gained seats in the election. The election also marked the local debut of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Pirate Party, both of which won a number of seats on both the district and municipal level. Meanwhile, both Die Linke and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) lost a significant number of seats.

Summary of results for the 2014 Saarland local elections^[1]

Party		Votes (District)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Votes (Municipal)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	160,939	38.32	1.65	87	4	163,161	38.76	1.48	745	41
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	145,758	34.71	2.45	77	6	151,800	36.06	2.60	683	64
	Die Linke	30,668	7.30	5.56	14	11	30,742	7.30	3.42	106	59
	The Greens (Grüne)	25,740	6.13	0.36	10	2	23,608	5.71	0.28	72	3
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	22,459	5.35	New	9	New	8,603	2.04	New	21	New
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	10,286	2.45	4.78	2	12	11,146	2.65	3.62	27	56
	Pirate Party Germany	10,238	2.37	New	2	New	4,500	1.07	New	9	New
	Local voters' associations	7,656	1.82	1.43	1	3	23,064	5.48	0.18	92	2
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	3,740	0.89	0.33	1	1	1,904	0.45	0.12	2	1
	Family Party	2,466	0.59	0.08	1	0	1,929	0.46	0.02	6	0
	German Communist Party (DKP)	–	–	–	–	–	281	0.07	0.10	1	2
	Party for Labour, Environment and Family (AUF)	–	–	–	–	–	202	0.05	0.01	1	0
Total		419,950	97.11	0.37	204	6	420,940	97.40	1.34	1,764	9
Invalid votes		12,494	2.89	0.37			11,218	2.60	1.34
Voter turnout		432,444	52.49	4.86			432,158	52.52	3.76
Eligible voters		823,920					822,782