Brandenburg state election, 2014

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Brandenburg state election, 2014
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←  2009 14 September 2014
All 88 seats of the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.9%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Dietmar Woidke M-0212 36139 Ausschnitt Color Hoffotografen.jpg 16-03-09-Michael-Schierack RR26519.jpg 16-03-09-Christian-Gorke RR26732.jpg
Leader Dietmar Woidke Michael Schierack Christian Görke
Party SPD CDU Left
Last election31 seats, 33.0%19 seats, 19.8%26 seats, 27.2%
Seats before301925
Seats won302117
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg2Decrease2.svg9
Popular vote315,177226,844183,172
Percentage31.9%23.0%18.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.1%Increase2.svg3.2%Decrease2.svg8.6%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Alexander Gauland (AfD) - AfD Parteitag 25.1.2014.jpg Landtagsprojekt Brandenburg Ursula Nonnemacher by Olaf Kosinsky-1.jpg
Leader Alexander Gauland Ursula Nonnemacher and
Axel Vogel 		Christoph Schulze
Party AfD Green BVB/FW
Last electionDid not contest5 seats, 5.7%0 seats, 1.7%
Seats before60
Seats won1163
Seat changeIncrease2.svg11Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg3
Popular vote119,98960,76249,845
Percentage12.2%6.2%2.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg12.2%Increase2.svg0.5%Increase2.svg1.0%
Minister-President before election

Dietmar Woidke
SPD

Minister-President-designate

Dietmar Woidke
SPD

State elections were held in Brandenburg on 14 September 2014. The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party who continued their coalition with The Left. [1]

Brandenburg State in Germany

Brandenburg is a state of Germany.

Social Democratic Party of Germany political party in Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany.

The Left (Germany) political party in Germany

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Opinion polls

PollsterDateSPDLeftCDUFDPGreenNPDPiratesAfDOthers
INSA09.08.201434%22%25%3%5%−−5%6%
Infratest dimap04.06.201430%23%28%−6%−−6%7%
TNS Emnid14.03.201432%25%24%3%6%2%2%5%1%
Forsa 05.01.201434%25%23%4%5%−−4%5%
Infratest dimap04.12.201332%22%30%2%6%−−3%5%
Infratest dimap28.08.201333%20%30%3%6%––3%5%
GMS 26.08.201335%20%27%3%10%−−−5%
Infratest dimap29.05.201335%21%27%2%9%−−−6%
TNS Emnid26.02.201336%22%23%3%8%2%4%−2%
Forsa 02.01.201336%24%22%3%7%−2%−6%
Infratest dimap20.09.201239%22%23%2%7%–4%−3%
GMS 27.08.201235.1%20.0%24.5%3.0%7.5%2.1%4.8%−3%
Infratest dimap21.03.201237%22%21%3%7%−6%−4%
Infratest Politikforschung07.03.201238%21%23%2%7%–5%−4%
TNS Emnid08.02.201234%21%24%2%8%2%7%−2%
Infratest dimap13.12.201135%20%25%3%8%−4%−5%
Infratest dimap24.08.201135%22%22%3%11%−2%−5%
Infratest Politikforschung10.03.201135%24%24%3%8%−−−6%
Infratest dimap22.09.201031%26%21%4%12%−−−6%
Infratest Politikforschung01.04.201034%28%21%5%8%−−−4%
Infratest dimap10.02.201031%27%22%6%8%−−−6%
Infratest dimap03.12.200931%23%25%7%7%4%−−3%

Results

PartyConstituenciesListSeats+/–
Votes%Votes%
Social Democratic Party 307,97331.3315,17731.930–1
Christian Democratic Union 246,67925.1226,84423.021+2
The Left 202,36520.6183,17218.617–9
Alternative for Germany 88,3259.0119,98912.211New
Alliance '90/The Greens 56,7285.860,7626.26+1
Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters 49,8455.126,3322.73+3
Free Democratic Party 13,5491.414,3891.50–7
National Democratic Party 9,6341.021,6192.200
Pirate Party 6,2010.614,5931.50New
Die PARTEI 1,7260.2––0New
Independents7240.1––00
German Communist Party ––2,3560.200
The Republicans ––2,0660.200
Invalid/blank votes19,052–15,501–––
Total1,002,8001001,002,800100880
Registered voters/turnout2,094,45547.92,094,45547.9––
Source: Government of Brandenburg, Wahlrecht.de

The BVB/Free Voters entered the Landtag despite their failure to surmount the 5% threshold because of the so-called "basic mandate clause" (Grundmandatsklausel). This rule exempts parties and lists that win the direct mandate of at least one constituency from the requirement to gather more than 5% of the votes statewide. BVB/Free Voters' leader Christoph Schulze won his constituency Teltow-Fläming III, that is situated just south of Berlin with 27% of preference votes. His success was attributed to the discontent with the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport "BER" in this constituency 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/Free Voters. [2] [3]

Teltow-Fläming District in Brandenburg, Germany

Teltow-Fläming is a Kreis (district) in the southwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Dahme-Spreewald, Elbe-Elster, the districts Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Potsdam-Mittelmark, and the Bundesland Berlin.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport international airport under construction

Willy Brandt Airport, Berlin Brandenburg is an international airport under construction near the capital of Germany, Berlin. It is adjacent to Berlin Schönefeld Airport in Schönefeld, 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of the city centre. It was originally intended to replace both Schönefeld and Berlin Tegel Airport and become the single commercial airport serving Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg, an area with a combined 6 million inhabitants. However, it is now planned that it will replace only Tegel, with Schönefeld Airport currently being expanded due to rising passenger numbers.

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References

  1. ↑ German anti-euro AfD party wins seats in east BBC News, 15 September 2014
  2. ↑ "BER-Protest hievt Freie Wähler in den Landtag". Frankfurter Allgemeine. 15 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Alexander Fröhlich (17 September 2014). "Über den BER in den Landtag". Der Tagesspiegel.
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