2024 Saarland local elections

Local elections are held in Saarland every five years. All Germans and European Union citizens who have reached the age of 18 and have resided in their municipality for at least three months were eligible to vote.

Overall, the elections represented a shift towards both right wing politics and localist politics. The Alternative for Germany in particularly experience unprecedented success, and elected at least one representative to nearly ever municipal council in Saarland. Conversely, the Greens suffered the most significant losses, losing more than half their representatives at both the district and municipal level.

Summary of results for the 2024 Saarland local elections^[1][2]

Party		Votes (District)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Votes (Municipal)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	169,831	34.38	0.36	76	0	174,580	35.27	0.11	667	22
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	147,683	29.90	0.13	63	2	153,843	31.08	0.14	568	23
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	51,401	10.41	5.46	23	7	44,114	8.91	0.36	121	55
	The Greens (Grüne)	35,975	7.28	5.32	13	15	31,952	6.46	4.56	79	81
	Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW)	17,942	3.63	New	7	New	1,803	0.46	New	8	New
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	19,213	3.89	0.36	6	0	18,541	3.75	0.23	40	23
	Free Voters (FW)	17,243	3.49	3.04	6	5	–	–	–	–	–
	Die Linke	20,240	4.10	3.38	5	7	16,587	3.35	3.13	33	62
	Local voters' associations	7,755	1.57	0.60	3	2	44,751	9.04	2.95	161	50
	bunt.saar	3,628	0.73	New	1	New	2,431	0.49	New	2	New
	Family Party	3,087	0.62	0.05	1	0	1,134	0.23	0.01	3	0
	Die PARTEI	–	–	–	–	–	5,200	1.04	0.53	4	2
Total		493,998	97.21	0.46	204	3	494,936	97.51	0.25	1,682	88
Invalid votes		14,187	2.79	0.46			12,616	2.49	0.25
Voter turnout		508,185	64.99	1.41			507,552	65.05	1.34
Eligible voters		781,929					780,133