2024 Brandenburg local elections

2024 Brandenburg local elections

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938 seats on district councils and independent city councils
Turnout	1,406,103 (66.03%) 7.61%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hans-Christoph Berndt Jan Redmann Dietmar Woidke Party AfD CDU SPD Last election 153 seats, 15.90% 178 seats, 18.26% 164 seats, 17.67% Seats won 248 184 153 Seat change 95 6 11 Popular vote 1,051,634 787,192 677,391 Percentage 25.74% 19.27% 16.58% Swing 9.84% 1.01% 1.09%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Sebastian Walter & Katharina Slanina Péter Vida Alexandra Pichl & Hanna Große Holtrup Party Linke BVB/FW Greens Last election 134 seats, 14.08% 60 seats, 6.32% 98 seats, 11.06% Seats won 74 67 59 Seat change 60 7 39 Popular vote 319,573 302,858 272,691 Percentage 7.82% 7.41% 6.67% Swing 6.26% 1.09% 4.39%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Zyon Braun Holger Hiestermann Party FDP PARTEI Last election 46 seats, 4.94% 5 seats, 0.54% Seats won 29 7 Seat change 17 2 Popular vote 132,529 39,472 Percentage 3.24% 0.97% Swing 1.70% 0.43%

The 2024 Brandenburg local elections were held on June 9, 2024 to elect members of Brandenburg's 14 district councils and 4 independent city councils. Voters also elected members of 409 municipal councils. The elections were held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.

Results

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) placed first, followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD). The election marked the first time the AfD had placed first in local elections in Brandenburg. Die Linke experienced the largest decline in both votes and seats, achieving its highest share of the vote in Frankfurt an der Oder. The Social Democratic Party also experienced a modest decline in support, and was strongest in the cities of Cottbus and Potsdam. The election also marked the first time that both Volt Germany and the Third Way won district council seats. The newly-formed Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) opted not to participate in the elections, although party leader Sahra Wagenknecht claimed that several BSW members were standing for election as members of local voters' associations. ^[1]

Summary of results for the 2024 Brandenburg local elections ^[2]

Party		Votes (Overall)	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	1,051,634	25.74	9.84	248	95
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	787,192	19.27	1.01	184	6
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	677,391	16.58	1.09	153	11
	Die Linke	319,573	7.82	6.26	74	60
	Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (BVB/FW)	302,858	7.41	1.09	67	7
	Local voters' associations	277,554	6.79	2.60	65	24
	The Greens (Grüne)	272,691	6.67	4.39	59	39
	Farmers' associations	145,996	3.57	0.06	36	1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	132,529	3.24	1.70	29	17
	Die PARTEI	39,472	0.97	0.43	7	2
	Independents	22,452	0.55	– [a]	4	– [b]
	Animal Protection Party	21,553	0.53	0.42	4	3
	Pirate Party Germany	20,639	0.51	0.03	4	0
	The Homeland	6,207	0.15	0.42	2	3
	Volt Germany	5,503	0.13	New	1	New
	Third Way	2,449	0.06	New	1	New
Total		4,085,693 [c]			938	0
Voter turnout		1,406,103	66.03	7.61
Eligible voters		2,129,602

References

1. Data for previous elections combines indepedents with local voters' associations
2. Data for previous elections combines indepedents with local voters' associations
3. Local elections in Brandenburg use a panachage cumulative voting system, meaning that the total number of votes can be up to three times the number of voters

1. "Kommunalwahl in Brandenburg: BSW tritt nicht als eigenständige Partei an". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
2. "Stimmenanteile sowie Gewinne/Verluste und Sitze im Land Brandenburg: Kreistagswahlen/Wahlen der Stadtverordnetenversammlungen der kreisfreien Städte" (in German). 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-23.