Composition of the German state parliaments

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Germany's federal system comprises 16 state parliaments (the German terms are: Landtag in large states, Bürgerschaft in Bremen and Hamburg, and Abgeordnetenhaus in Berlin), each including directly elected representatives.

Parties in each parliament

In the table below, the parties forming part of the state government are shaded and the party of the head of government is also in bold.

State	Seats (Majority)	CDU/CSU	SPD	Greens	AfD	The Left	FDP	Other parties	Ind.	Last election	Next election
State	Seats (Majority)							Other parties	Ind.	Last election	Next election
Baden-Württemberg	154 (78)	42	19	58	17	-	18	-	-	2021	2026
Bavaria	203 (102)	85	17	32	32	-	-	37 (FW)	-	2023	2028
Berlin	159 (80)	52	34	34	17	21	-	1 (BSW)	-	2023	2026
Brandenburg	88 (45)	15	25	10	23	10	-	5 (BVB/FW)	-	2019	2024
Bremen	87 (44)	24	27	11	-	10	5	10 (BD)	-	2023	2027
Hamburg	123 (62)	15	53	33	7	12	2	1 (BSW)	-	2020	2025
Hesse	133 (67)	52	23	22	28	-	8	-	-	2023	2028
Lower Saxony	146 (74)	47	57	24	18	-	-	-	-	2022	2027
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	79 (40)	12	34	5	14	9	5	-	-	2021	2026
North Rhine-Westphalia	195 (98)	76	56	39	12	-	12	-	-	2022	2027
Rhineland-Palatinate	101 (51)	31	39	9	9	-	6	6 (FW) 1 (BSW)	-	2021	2026
Saarland	51 (26)	19	29	-	3	-	-	-	-	2022	2027
Saxony	119 (60)	45	10	12	38	14	-	-	-	2019	2024
Saxony-Anhalt	97 (49)	40	9	6	23	12	7	-	-	2021	2026
Schleswig-Holstein	69 (35)	34	12	14	-	-	5	4 (SSW)	-	2022	2027
Thuringia	90 (46)	21	8	5	19	29	4	2 (BfTh [de])	2	2019	2024
Total (%)	1,894 (100)	610 (32.2)	452 (23.9)	314 (16.6)	260 (13.7)	117 (6.2)	72 (3.8)	67 (3.5)	2 (0.1)