Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters

The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (German: Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler, BVB/FW) is a political party in Brandenburg in eastern Germany. The party was co-founded in 2008 by Péter Vida, who serves as chairman. It cooperates with the federal Free Voters association, but is not a member.[2] The party describes itself as "a statewide association of independent municipal voter groups and citizens' initiatives in the state of Brandenburg".[3]

Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler (in German)
Regional Chairman	Péter Vida[1]
Deputy Chairpersons	Ilona Nicklisch Bernd Albers Heika Selka
Founded	2008[2]
Headquarters	Jahnstraße 52 16321 Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg
Ideology	Regionalism
Colours	Blue and yellow[2]
Landtag of Brandenburg	5 / 88
Website
www.bvb-fw.de
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The BVB/FW active on a local and state level. Its first major success came in the 2014 Brandenburg state election, where it won 2.7% of votes cast and three seats due to the victory of Christoph Schulze, a former SPD member of the Landtag, in his constituency of Teltow-Fläming III.[4] In the 2019 Brandenburg state election, the BVB/FW won 5.05% of the state vote and five seats. Chairman Péter Vida also won the constituency of Barnim II.[5]