2001 Berlin state election|
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Turnout | 1,623,338 (68.1%) 2.6% |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Klaus Wowereit
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Frank Steffel
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Gregor Gysi
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Party
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SPD
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CDU
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PDS
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Last election
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42 seats, 22.4%
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76 seats, 40.8%
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33 seats, 17.7%
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Seats won
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44
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35
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33
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Seat change
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2
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41
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0
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Popular vote
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481,772
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385,692
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366,292
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Percentage
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29.7%
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23.8%
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22.6%
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Swing
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7.3%
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17.0%
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4.9%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Leader
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Günter Rexrodt
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Sibyll-Anka Klotz
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Party
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FDP
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Greens
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Last election
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0 seats, 2.2%
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18 seats, 9.9%
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Seats won
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15
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14
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Seat change
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15
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4
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Popular vote
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160,953
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148,066
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Percentage
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9.9%
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9.1%
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Swing
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7.7%
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0.8%
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Results for single-member constituencies. |
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The 2001 Berlin state election was held on 21 October 2001 to elect the members of the 15th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. Prior to the election, Mayor Klaus Wowereit had led a minority government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens since June, which had replaced a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and SPD which collapsed in June. The SPD–Green government made gains, but remained short of a majority. The SPD first sought to form a traffic light coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens, but were unsuccessful. They subsequently agreed to a government with the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).