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Thuringia held state elections on 30 August 2009 the same day as the Saarland and Saxony state elections. The election established the composition of the Landtag of Thuringia (Thuringia’s parliament). According to the preliminary results The Left and Social Democratic Party (SPD) together held a bare majority of seats but a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and SPD was considered possible. The CDU and SPD formed a coalition seven weeks after the election.
