2009 Brandenburg state election

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2009 Brandenburg state election
Flag of Brandenburg.svg
  2004 27 September 2009 2014  

All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,388,722 (67.0%)
Increase2.svg 10.6%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Grundsteinlegung-schiffshebewerk-ndf-2009-37.jpg Kerstin Kaiser und Bodo Ramelow in Dresden-2.jpg Johanna Wanka MWK 2.jpg
Leader Matthias Platzeck Kerstin Kaiser Johanna Wanka
Party SPD Left CDU
Leader's seat Uckermark I Märkisch-Oderland II State-wide party list
Last election33 seats, 31.9%29 seats, 28.0%20 seats, 19.4%
Seats won312619
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote458,840377,112274,825
Percentage33.0%27.2%19.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.1%Decrease2.svg 0.8%Increase2.svg 0.4%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
FDP
16-03-09-Marie-Luise-von-Halem RR26835.jpg
16-03-10-Axel-Vogel RR26864.jpg
DVU
LeaderHans-Peter GoetzMarie Luise von Halem
& Axel Vogel
Liane Hesselbarth
Party FDP Greens DVU
Leader's seat State-wide party list State-wide party list State-wide party list (lost re-election)
Last election0 seats, 3.3%0 seats, 3.6%6 seats, 6.1%
Seats won750
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 6
Popular vote100,12378,55015,903
Percentage7.2%5.6%1.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.9%Increase2.svg 2.1%Decrease2.svg 5.0%

2009 Brandenburg state election.svg
Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

Platzeck II
SPD–CDU

Elected Government

Platzeck III
SPD–The Left

The 2009 Brandenburg state election was held on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Brandenburg. It took place on the same day as the 2009 federal election and 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Matthias Platzeck took small losses, but retained a majority. However, the SPD chose to form a government with The Left rather than continue the SPD–CDU coalition. [1]

Contents

The election saw the Free Democratic Party and The Greens re-enter the Landtag for the first time since the 1990 election, while the German People's Union lost all its seats.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Brandenburg.

NameIdeologyLeader(s)2004 result
Votes (%)Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Matthias Platzeck 31.9%
33 / 88
Linke The Left
Die Linke
Democratic socialism Kerstin Kaiser 28.0%
29 / 88
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Johanna Wanka 19.4%
20 / 88
DVU German People's Union
Deutsche Volksunion
German nationalism Liane Hesselbarth6.1%
6 / 88

Opinion polling

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
SPD Linke CDU DVU/
NPD
FDP Grüne OthersLead
2009 state election 27 Sep 200933.027.219.83.7 [a] 7.25.66.15.8
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 14–17 Sep 20091,0003227227575
Infratest dimap 14–15 Sep 20091,00034282117456
Infratest dimap 4–7 Sep 20091,00131282248433
Infratest dimap 7–10 May 20091,00034272246527
GESS 24–31 Mar 20091,00334252147549
Infratest 2–22 Feb 20091,0003526226569
Emnid 26 Jan–6 Feb 20091,001362621375210
Infratest dimap 11–14 Sep 20081,00036272046439
Forsa 1–15 Apr 20081,084303021559Tie
Infratest dimap 2–6 Apr 20081,0003530215545
Emnid 13–27 Feb 2008~500382622144 ?12
Infratest 21 Jan–7 Feb 20081,000402621 ?54 ?14
Emnid 3–15 Dec 20071,002372621554211
Infratest dimap 25–28 Oct 20071,000402423344216
Infratest dimap 8–13 Mar 20071,000392521354314
Infratest 26 Feb–4 Mar 20071,00039261964613
Infratest dimap 17–20 Nov 20061,000402321563217
Infratest dimap 28–30 May 20061,000392423353313
Forsa 7 Apr 2005~1,000372518441212
Infratest 2–6 Dec 200575239272144512
Infratest dimap 11–15 Aug 20051,0003631224435
Infratest dimap 1–6 Jun 20051,0003423294555
2004 state election 19 Sep 200431.928.019.46.13.33.67.73.9

Election result

Summary of the 27 September 2009 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg
2009 Brandenburg Landtag.svg
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party (SPD)458,84033.04Increase2.svg 1.1331Decrease2.svg 2
The Left (Linke)377,11227.16Decrease2.svg 0.8026Decrease2.svg 3
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)274,82519.79Increase2.svg 0.3619Decrease2.svg 1
Free Democratic Party (FDP)100,1237.21Increase2.svg 3.887Increase2.svg 7
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)78,5505.66Increase2.svg 2.065Increase2.svg 6
National Democratic Party (NPD)35,5442.56Increase2.svg 2.560Steady2.svg
Free Voters (FW)23,2961.68New0New
German People's Union (DVU)15,9031.15Decrease2.svg 4.930Decrease2.svg 6
Others24,5291.770Steady2.svg
Total1,388,722100.0088
Registered voters/turnout67.0Increase2.svg 10.6

Notes

  1. 2.6% NPD, 1.1% DVU

References