Voters renew the parliamentary mandate.
The Landtag is the people’s elected representative assembly. It passes state laws and scrutinises the government. Regular elections allow eligible voters to decide its political composition again.
Five years is a constitutional rule. Article 67 ties the end of the term to the first meeting of the new Landtag. The next election and the new parliament’s first sitting are therefore two different events.
The other three answers
The question asks for the fixed ordinary term, not an incidental interval.
3
Three years is not the ordinary term of Saarland’s Landtag. A possible early election does not change the statutory answer.
4
Four years is incorrect here. This state election is expressly governed by the constitution’s five-year rule.
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Six years is not the prescribed ordinary electoral term. Do not confuse it with terms of office in other institutions.
An electoral term can end early.
Article 69 allows dissolution if two thirds of the members vote for it. It also provides for dissolution after confidence is withdrawn if a new government enjoying the Landtag’s confidence cannot be enabled within four weeks.
Following dissolution, Article 67 requires an election within 60 days. That is an exception governing election timing. The correct answer about the ordinary term remains five years.
Articles 67 and 69 · Constitution of Saarland ↗Saarland + Landtag → five years.
Always connect the number with the parliament and the federal state.
Three words for this question
- die Wahlperiodeelectoral term
- The period for which a parliament is elected.
- der Zusammentrittfirst meeting
- The first sitting of the newly elected parliament.
- die Auflösungdissolution
- A constitutional route to an early election.