2014 Brandenburg state election

2014 Brandenburg state election

← 2009 14 September 2014 2019 →

All 88 seats of the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout987,299 (47.9%)
Decrease 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 Decrease 1 Increase 2 Decrease 9
Popular vote 315,177 226,844 183,172
Percentage 31.9% 23.0% 18.6%
Swing Decrease 1.1% Increase 3.2% Decrease 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 Increase 11 Increase 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 119,989 60,762 26,332
Percentage 12.2% 6.2% 2.7%
Swing New party Increase 0.5% Increase 1.0%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

Woidke I[a]
SPDThe Left

Elected Government

Woidke II
SPDThe 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]


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

  1. ^ German anti-euro AfD party wins seats in east BBC News, 15 September 2014