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2014 Brandenburg state election

State election in Brandenburg, Germany

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2014 Brandenburg state election

← 2009 14 September 2014 2019 →
All 88 seats of the LandtagofBrandenburg 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	987,299 (47.9%) 19.1%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Dietmar Woidke Michael Schierack Christian Görke Party SPD CDU Left Leader's seat Spree-Neiße I Cottbus I Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland III Last election 31 seats, 33.0% 19 seats, 19.8% 26 seats, 27.2% Seats won 30 21 17 Seat change 1 2 9 Popular vote 315,177 226,844 183,172 Percentage 31.9% 23.0% 18.6% Swing 1.1% 3.2% 8.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   BVB/FW Leader Alexander Gauland Ursula Nonnemacher Christoph Schulze Party AfD Greens BVB/FW Leader's seat State-wide party list State-wide party list Teltow-Fläming III Last election Did not exist 5 seats, 5.7% 0 seats, 1.7% Seats won 11 6 3 Seat change 11 1 3 Popular vote 119,989 60,762 26,332 Percentage 12.2% 6.2% 2.7% Swing New party 0.5% 1.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election Woidke I[a] SPD–The Left Elected Government Woidke II SPD–The Left

The 2014 Brandenburg state election was held on 14 September 2014 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left led by Minister-President Dietmar Woidke retained its majority and continued in office.^[1]

Parties[edit]

The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Brandenburg.

Opinion polling[edit]

Election result[edit]

The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters entered the Landtag despite falling short of the 5% electoral threshold because of the "basic mandate clause" in electoral law, which exempts parties that win at least one direct mandate from the threshold. The BVB/FW leader Christoph Schulze won Teltow-Fläming III, situated south of Berlin, with 27% of first votes. His success was attributed to discontent with the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport in this area, which lies in the designated approach corridor. Schulze's advocacy of a ban on night flights had been the reason for his defection from the ruling SPD (which he had represented in parliament since 1990) to the BVB/FW.^[2][3]

Summary of the 14 September 2014 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	313,177	31.9	1.1	30	1	34.1
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	226,844	23.0	3.2	21	2	23.9
	The Left (Linke)	183,172	18.6	8.6	17	9	19.3
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	119,989	12.2	New	11	New	12.5
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	60,762	6.2	0.5	6	1	6.8
	Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (BVB/FW)	26,332	2.7	1.0	3	3	3.4
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	21,619	2.2	1.5	0	±0	0
	Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)	14,593	1.5	1.5	0	±0	0
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	14,389	1.5	5.7	0	7	0
	Others	4,422	0.4		0	±0	0
Total		987,299	100.0		88	±0
Voter turnout			47.9	19.1

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External links[edit]

• Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Brandenburg Wahlrecht.de