The 2009 Brandenburg state election was held on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 5th

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. It took place on the same day as the 2009 federal election and

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. The incumbent government of the

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(SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by

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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.Left coalition set to take power in Brandenburg
/ref> The election saw the Free Democratic Party and

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re-enter the Landtag for the first time since the 1990 election, while the

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lost all its seats.

Parties

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

Opinion polling

Election result

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

(SPD) , align= 458,840 , align= 33.0 , align= 1.1 , align= 31 , align= 2 , align= 35.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 377,112 , align= 27.2 , align= 0.8 , align= 26 , align= 3 , align= 29.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 274,825 , align= 19.8 , align= 0.4 , align= 19 , align= 1 , align= 21.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 100,123 , align= 7.2 , align= 3.9 , align= 7 , align= 7 , align= 8.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , align= 78,550 , align= 5.7 , align= 2.1 , align= 5 , align= 5 , align= 5.7 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 35,544 , align= 2.6 , align= 2.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=#000088, , align=left ,

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(FW) , align= 23,296 , align= 1.7 , align= 1.7 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(DVU) , align= 15,903 , align= 1.1 , align= 5.0 , align= 0 , align= 6 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 24,529 , align= 1.8 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,388,722 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 88 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 67.0 ! align= 10.6 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Notes

References

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Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

Elections in Brandenburg