BSW Saxony

BSW Saxony
BSW Sachsen
AbbreviationBSW
ChairmanJörg Scheibe
Ronny Kupke
Deputy ChairLutz Richter
Thomas Thamm
Founded24 February 2024; 2 years ago (2024-02-24)
HeadquartersChemnitz
Membership (2025)553
Ideology
Political positionLeft wing
National affiliationSahra Wagenknecht Alliance
Colours  Purple
Landtag of Saxony
14 / 120
Party flag
Website
bsw-vg-sachsen.de

The BSW Saxony (German: BSW Sachsen) is the regional state association of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Currently, the party holds 14 of the 120 seats, making it the third-largest faction in the Landtag of Saxony.

History

The BSW federal party was founded by Sahra Wagenknecht on 8 January 2024, with a founding meeting in a hotel in Berlin.

Subsequently, a BSW development team was established for Saxony to ensure the necessary party structure for participation in the local and European elections as well as the state elections.

The founding assembly of BSW Saxony took place in Chemnitz on 24 February 2024 where a constitution was discussed and adopted in the state.

On 18 May 2024, the BSW Saxony met to adopt the 2024 state election programme.

In the 2024 Saxony local elections [de], which took place on 9 June 2024, concurrently with the 2024 European Parliament election, the party contested elections in 9 of the 10 districts (except for the district of Nordsachsen and some constituencies in other districts) and the 3 independent cities, achieving a result of 8.5% statewide. This made it the third strongest party after the CDU (24.2%) and AfD (26.9%), ahead of the SPD (7.9%), the Left Party (6.9%), and the Greens (6.7 percent). In Chemnitz one of the 9 seats won could not be filled because there were not enough BSW candidates available.

In the 2024 Saxony state election, the BSW received 277,568 votes, or 11.8% of the votes cast, and thus won 15 of the 120 seats in the Landtag of Saxony.

State Parliament Group

At the beginning of the legislative period, the BSW parliamentary group was represented in the 8th Saxon Landtag by a total of 15 members. In September 2026, one member left the group.

State Chair

Zeit Chairperson
2024–2025 Jörg Scheibe Sabine Zimmermann
Since 2025 Ronny Kupke

References

  1. ↑ "So viele Mitglieder haben Sachsens Landtagsparteien: Ergebnis dürfte viele überraschen" (in German). Tag24. 2026-02-02. Retrieved 2026-05-01.
  2. ↑ ""Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht" gründet Partei: "Ein bisschen auch ein historischer Tag"". tagesschau.de. 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ↑ Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht: Aufbruchsstimmung und Unklarheiten im sächsischen BSW-Aufbauteam, mdr.de, 26. Januar 2024, abgerufen am 3. September 2024
  4. ↑ Homepage BSW Sachsen, Gründungsversammlung, abgerufen am 3. September 2024
  5. ↑ Homepage BSW Sachsen: Landtagswahlen 2024, abgerufen am 3. September 2024
  6. ↑ "Bericht über die Kommunalwahlen in Sachsen am 09. Juni 2024" (PDF). bundes-sgk.de (I. Feststellungen). 2024-06-12. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  7. ↑ Nico Fliegner (2024-06-10). "Europa- und Kommunalwahlen: Nordsachsen: So haben die Menschen zwischen Delitzsch, Torgau, Eilenburg und Oschatz gewählt". lvz.de (Kreistag Nordsachsen: AfD stärkste Kraft) (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  8. ↑ Andreas Debski (2024-06-12). "Kommunalwahlen in Sachsen: Wahlerfolge von AfD und BSW sorgen für leere Stühle in Stadträten". lvz.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-09. Statt neun Mandate, die entsprechend dem Wahlergebnis geholt wurden, können nur acht Sitze eingenommen werden.
  9. ↑ Tagesschau: Landtagswahlen Thüringen Sachsen, 1. September 2024, abgerufen am 3. September 2024