Left-wingers want "red town halls" and double digits

The Saxon Left Party is drawing new confidence from the strong growth in membership in recent months. After a closed meeting of the state executive committee with members of the state parliament and the Bundestag, the party leadership expressed its eagerness to attack. "As a united, militant and socialist party, we will ensure that Saxony is once again about the people - not the corporations," it said in a statement.

"Red town halls" and a stronger presence in the municipalities

The party stands for redistribution from top to bottom, social security, good wages, affordable rents, solidarity-based healthcare and a state that functions at all levels, it continued. In order to achieve their goals, the Left Party wants to expand its presence in the municipalities under the slogan "Red Town Halls". The focus is particularly on Leipzig, where the party is fielding Skadi Jennicke as a candidate for the position of city leader in spring 2027.

Left Party aims for double-digit result in 2029 state elections

"In the super election year 2029, we want to be strongly represented in local councils in all districts and independent cities again - to achieve this, we want to more than double the number of local mandates," the party announced. In the 2029 state elections, the party will be fighting for direct mandates in Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz. "We are running with the ambition of reaching double digits in every constituency and taking responsibility for a solidary, anti-fascist Saxony."

In the 2024 state election, the Left Party achieved its worst result to date with a second vote result of just 4.5 percent. However, as they won two direct mandates in Leipzig, they were still able to enter parliament as a parliamentary group. The party has recently experienced strong growth in membership. With a good 11,300 members, it is now once again the largest party in the Free State. According to its own figures, the party grew by more than 4,400 members in 2025.