The 2016 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2016 to elect the members to the 18th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent grand coalition of the

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(SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was defeated, with both parties suffering significant losses. The Left (Die Linke) became the third largest party, while the fourth-placed Greens suffered losses.

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(AfD) won seats for the first time. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) re-entered the Abgeordnetenhaus after falling out in the 2011 election. The

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, which had achieved state-level representation for the first time in the previous election, lost all of its seats. After the election, the SPD formed a coalition with The Left and Greens.

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Michael Müller was subsequently re-elected.

Opinion polling

Election result

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, - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan="2" rowspan="2" width=400 , Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="3" , Popular vote !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="3" , Seats , - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=60, Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=40, % !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50, +/– !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=30, Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=30, +/– , - ,
''Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands'' – SPD, , 352,369 , , 21.6 , , 6.7 , , 38 , , 10 , - ,
''Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands'' – CDU, , 288,002 , , 17.6 , , 5.8 , , 31 , , 8 , - ,
''Die Linke'', , 255,740 , , 15.6 , , 4.0 , , 27 , , 7 , - ,
''Bündnis 90/Die Grünen'', , 248,243 , , 15.2 , , 2.4 , , 27 , , 3 , - ,
''Alternative für Deutschland'' – AfD, , 231,325 , , 14.2 , , 14.2 , , 25 , , 25 , - ,
''Freie Demokratische Partei'' – FDP, , 109,431 , , 6.7 , , 4.9 , , 12 , , 12 , - ,
''Partei für Arbeit, Rechtstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative'', , 31,908 , , 2.0 , , 1.1 , , – , , – , - ,
''Tierschutzpartei'', , 30,565 , , 1.9 , , 0.4 , , – , , – , - ,
''Piratenpartei Deutschland'', , 28,321 , , 1.7 , , 7.2 , , – , , 15 , - , , , align=left ,
''Allianz Graue Panther Deutschland'', , 18,135 , , 1.1 , , 1.1 , , – , , – , - , bgcolor="white", , , align=left , Other parties, , 40,717 , , 2.4 , , –, , – , , – , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , ''Valid votes'' , ''1,634,756'' , ''98.5%'' , ''0.1'' , colspan=2 rowspan=2 color=#BAB9B9, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , ''Invalid votes'' , ''25,690'' , ''1.5%'' , ''0.1'' , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , align="right" colspan="2" , Totals and voter turnout , 1,662,598 , 66.9% , ''6.7'' , 160 , ''8'' , - style="background-color:#BAB9B9" , colspan="2" , Electorate , 2,485,363 , 100.00 , — , colspan=2, , - , colspan=11 align=left , Source:

References

External links

Election Schedule
Die Landeswahlleiterin für Berlin, in German {{2016 elections in Germany 2016 elections in Germany Elections in Berlin 2016 in Berlin September 2016 events in Germany