The 1991 Bremen state election was held on 29 September 1991 to elect the members of the

Bürgerschaft of Bremen The Bremische Bürgerschaft (State Parliament of Bremen, literally “Bremish Citizenry” or “Citizenry of Bremen”) is the legislative branch of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in Germany. The state parliament elects the mem ...

, as well as the city councils of Bremen and

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. The incumbent

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(SPD) government led by

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Klaus Wedemeier lost its majority, suffering an 11.7-point swing against it. The SPD subsequently formed a

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with

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and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Wedemeier was re-elected as Mayor.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 143,576 , align= 38.8 , align= 11.7 , align= 41 , align= 13 , align= 41.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 113,512 , align= 30.7 , align= 7.3 , align= 32 , align= 7 , align= 32.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(Grüne) , align= 42,096 , align= 11.4 , align= 1.2 , align= 11 , align= 1 , align= 11.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 35,087 , align= 9.5 , align= 0.5 , align= 10 , align= ±0 , align= 1.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(DVU) , align= 22,878 , align= 6.2 , align= 2.8 , align= 6 , align= 5 , align= 6.0 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=grey, , align=left ,

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(GRAUE) , align= 6,157 , align= 1.7 , align= New , align= 0 , align= New , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 5,694 , align= 1.5 , align= 0.3 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 1,148 , align= 0.3 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 370,148 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 100 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 72.2 ! align= 3.4 ! align= ! align= ! align=

References

Bürgerschaft Bremen seit 1945
{{Bremen state elections Elections in Bremen (state) Bremen September 1991 events in Europe