2019 Bremen state election

2019 Bremen state election
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All 84 seats of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
43 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,469,506 (64.1%)
Increase 13.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Carsten Meyer-Heder Carsten Sieling Maike Schaefer
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 20 seats, 22.4% 30 seats, 32.8% 14 seats, 15.1%
Seats won 24 23 16
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 7 Increase 2
Popular vote 391,709 366,375 256,181
Percentage 26.7% 24.9% 17.4%
Swing Increase 4.3% Decrease 7.9% Increase 2.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristina Vogt Frank Magnitz Lencke Wischhusen
Party Left AfD FDP
Last election 8 seats, 9.5% 4 seats, 5.5% 6 seats, 6.6%
Seats won 10 5 5
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 166,378 89,939 87,420
Percentage 11.3% 6.1% 5.9%
Swing Increase 1.8% Increase 0.6% Decrease 0.7%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Hinrich Lührssen
Party Citizens in Rage
Last election 1 seat, 3.2%
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0
Popular vote 35,808
Percentage 2.4%
Swing Decrease 0.8%
Government before election

Sieling senate
SPD–Green

Government after election

Bovenschulte senate
SPD–Green–Left

The 2019 Bremen state election was held on 26 May 2019 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The election took place on the same day as the 2019 European Parliament election.[1][2][3]

The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party in the Bürgerschaft, while the Social Democratic Party (SPD) fell to second place. The Greens and The Left also recorded small upswings.

Despite winning a narrow plurality, the CDU was opposed by a left-wing majority in the Bürgerschaft. Incumbent Mayor Carsten Sieling resigned after the election, and was succeeded by fellow SPD member Andreas Bovenschulte, who formed a three-party coalition government between the SPD, Greens, and Left. This was the first time that The Left had been involved in a government in western Germany.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Bürgerschaftswahl 2019 in Bremen: Die wichtigsten Fakten im Überblick". www.merkur.de (in German). 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  2. ^ "Bürgerschaftswahl 2019 in Bremen: Fragen und Antworten zur Wahl in Bremen". handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. ^ "Bürgerschaftswahl 2019 - Wahlen zur Bremischen Bürgerschaft". landesportal.bremen.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  4. ^ "Bremen: So tickt Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD)". Die Welt. 8 July 2019 – via www.welt.de.
  5. ^ "Bremer SPD schließt Koalition mit CDU aus - buten un binnen". www.butenunbinnen.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2019-05-31.