The 2006 Berlin state election was held on 17 September 2006 to elect the members of the 16th

Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin The Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (House of Deputies) () is the state parliament (''Landtag'') of Berlin, Germany according to the city-state's constitution. In 1993 the parliament moved from Rathaus Schöneberg to its present house on Niederkirchne ...

. The incumbent government of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(SPD) and Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) narrowly retained a majority, though PDS suffered major losses.

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

Klaus Wowereit Klaus Wowereit (born 1 October 1953) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 21 October 2001 to 11 December 2014. In 2001 state elections his party won a plurality of the votes, 29 ...

continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous, 15th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.

Opinion polling

Election result

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

(SPD) , align= 424,054 , align= 30.8 , align= 1.1 , align= 53 , align= 9 , align= 35.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 294,026 , align= 21.3 , align= 2.5 , align= 37 , align= 2 , align= 24.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 185,185 , align= 13.4 , align= 9.2 , align= 23 , align= 10 , align= 15.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

(Grüne) , align= 180,865 , align= 13.1 , align= 4.0 , align= 23 , align= 9 , align= 15.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 104,584 , align= 7.6 , align= 2.3 , align= 13 , align= 2 , align= 8.7 , - ! colspan=8, , - , , align=left ,

The Grays – Gray Panthers The Grays – Gray Panthers () was a small German political party and interest group which existed between 1989 and 2008. The party was founded by former Die Grünen MP and activist Trude Unruh, having emerged from the Senior Citizens Protectio ...

(Graue) , align= 52,884 , align= 3.8 , align= 2.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=#FF8000, , align=left ,

Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative (german: Arbeit und soziale Gerechtigkeit – Die Wahlalternative, WASG) was a left-wing German political party founded in 2005 by activists disenchanted with the ruling Red-Green coaliti ...

(WASG) , align= 40,504 , align= 2.9 , align= New , align= 0 , align= New , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 35,229 , align= 2.6 , align= 1.7 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 60,024 , align= 4.4 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,377,355 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 149 ! align= 8 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 58.0 ! align= 10.1 ! align= ! align= ! align=

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berlin State Election, 2006 State election, 2006 2006 elections in Germany 2006 in Berlin