2009 Brandenburg state election

The 2009 Brandenburg state election was held on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Brandenburg. It took place on the same day as the 2009 federal election and 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Matthias Platzeck took small losses, but retained a majority. However, the SPD chose to form a government with The Left rather than continue the SPD–CDU coalition.[1]

2009 Brandenburg state election

27 September 2009

All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,388,722 (67.0%)
10.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Matthias Platzeck Kerstin Kaiser Johanna Wanka
Party SPD Left CDU
Last election 33 seats, 31.9% 29 seats, 28.0% 20 seats, 19.4%
Seats won 31 26 19
Seat change 2 3 1
Popular vote 458,840 377,112 274,825
Percentage 33.0% 27.2% 19.8%
Swing 1.1% 0.8% 0.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Hans-Peter Goetz Marie Luise von Halem
& Axel Vogel
Liane Hesselbarth
Party FDP Green DVU
Last election 0 seats, 3.3% 0 seats, 3.6% 6 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 7 5 0
Seat change 7 5 6
Popular vote 100,123 78,550 15,903
Percentage 7.2% 5.6% 1.1%
Swing 3.9% 2.1% 5.0%

Minister-President before election

Matthias Platzeck
SPD

Elected Minister-President

Matthias Platzeck
SPD

The election saw the Free Democratic Party and The Greens re-enter the Landtag for the first time since the 1990 election, while the German People's Union lost all its seats.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Brandenburg.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2004 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Matthias Platzeck 31.9%
33 / 88
Linke The Left
Die Linke
Democratic socialism Kerstin Kaiser 28.0%
29 / 88
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Johanna Wanka 19.4%
20 / 88
DVU German People's Union
Deutsche Volksunion
German nationalism Liane Hesselbarth 6.1%
6 / 88

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
SPD Linke CDU DVU/
NPD
FDP Grüne Others Lead
2009 state election 27 Sep 2009 33.0 27.2 19.8 3.7[lower-alpha 1] 7.2 5.6 6.1 5.8
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 14–17 Sep 2009 1,000 32 27 22 7 5 7 5
Infratest dimap 14–15 Sep 2009 1,000 34 28 21 1 7 4 5 6
Infratest dimap 4–7 Sep 2009 1,001 31 28 22 4 8 4 3 3
Infratest dimap 7–10 May 2009 1,000 34 27 22 4 6 5 2 7
GESS 24–31 Mar 2009 1,003 34 25 21 4 7 5 4 9
Infratest 2–22 Feb 2009 1,000 35 26 22 6 5 6 9
Emnid 26 Jan–6 Feb 2009 1,001 36 26 21 3 7 5 2 10
Infratest dimap 11–14 Sep 2008 1,000 36 27 20 4 6 4 3 9
Forsa 1–15 Apr 2008 1,084 30 30 21 5 5 9 Tie
Infratest dimap 2–6 Apr 2008 1,000 35 30 21 5 5 4 5
Emnid 13–27 Feb 2008 ~500 38 26 22 1 4 4 ? 12
Infratest 21 Jan–7 Feb 2008 1,000 40 26 21 ? 5 4 ? 14
Emnid 3–15 Dec 2007 1,002 37 26 21 5 5 4 2 11
Infratest dimap 25–28 Oct 2007 1,000 40 24 23 3 4 4 2 16
Infratest dimap 8–13 Mar 2007 1,000 39 25 21 3 5 4 3 14
Infratest 26 Feb–4 Mar 2007 1,000 39 26 19 6 4 6 13
Infratest dimap 17–20 Nov 2006 1,000 40 23 21 5 6 3 2 17
Infratest dimap 28–30 May 2006 1,000 39 24 23 3 5 3 3 13
Forsa 7 Apr 2005 ~1,000 37 25 18 4 4 12 12
Infratest 2–6 Dec 2005 752 39 27 21 4 4 5 12
Infratest dimap 11–15 Aug 2005 1,000 36 31 22 4 4 3 5
Infratest dimap 1–6 Jun 2005 1,000 34 23 29 4 5 5 5
2004 state election 19 Sep 2004 31.9 28.0 19.4 6.1 3.3 3.6 7.7 3.9

Election result

Summary of the 27 September 2009 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 458,840 33.0 1.1 31 2 35.2
The Left (Linke) 377,112 27.2 0.8 26 3 29.5
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 274,825 19.8 0.4 19 1 21.6
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 100,123 7.2 3.9 7 7 8.0
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 78,550 5.7 2.1 5 5 5.7
National Democratic Party (NPD) 35,544 2.6 2.6 0 ±0 0
Free Voters (FW) 23,296 1.7 1.7 0 ±0 0
German People's Union (DVU) 15,903 1.1 5.0 0 6 0
Others 24,529 1.8 0 ±0 0
Total 1,388,722 100.0 88 ±0
Voter turnout 67.0 10.6
Popular Vote
SPD
33.04%
DIE LINKE
27.16%
CDU
19.79%
FDP
7.21%
B'90/GRÜNE
5.66%
NPD
2.56%
FW
1.68%
DVU
1.15%
Other
1.77%
Landtag seats
SPD
35.23%
DIE LINKE
29.55%
CDU
21.59%
FDP
7.95%
B'90/GRÜNE
5.68%

Notes

  1. 2.6% NPD, 1.1% DVU

References

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