The 2019 Bremen state election was held on 26 May 2019 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 election took place on the same day as the

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. The opposition Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the largest party in the Bürgerschaft, while the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) fell to second place. Alliance 90/The Greens, The Greens and The Left (Germany), The Left also recorded small upswings. Despite winning a narrow plurality, the CDU was opposed by a left-wing majority in the Bürgerschaft. Incumbent Mayor Carsten Sieling resigned after the election, and was succeeded by fellow SPD member Andreas Bovenschulte, who formed a three-party coalition government between the SPD, Greens, and Left. This was the first time that The Left had been involved in a government in western Germany.

Parties

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

Opinion polls

Opinion polling for the 2019 Bremen state election

Mayor polling

Preferred coalition

Election result

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, - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 391,709 , align= 26.7 , align= 4.3 , align= 20 , align= 4 , align= 24 , align= 4 , align= 28.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) , align= 366,375 , align= 24.9 , align= 7.9 , align= 19 , align= 4 , align= 23 , align= 7 , align= 27.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , align= 256,181 , align= 17.4 , align= 2.3 , align= 13 , align= 3 , align= 16 , align= 2 , align= 19.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Germany), The Left (Linke) , align= 166,378 , align= 11.3 , align= 1.8 , align= 9 , align= 1 , align= 10 , align= 2 , align= 11.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alternative for Germany (AfD) , align= 89,939 , align= 6.1 , align= 0.6 , align= 4 , align= 1 , align= 5 , align= 1 , align= 6.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (Germany), Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 87,420 , align= 5.9 , align= 0.7 , align= 4 , align= 1 , align= 5 , align= 1 , align= 6.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Citizens in Rage (BiW) , align= 35,808 , align= 2.4 , align= 0.8 , align= 0 , align= 1 , align= 1 , align= 0 , align= 1.2 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Die PARTEI (PARTEI) , align= 24,433 , align= 1.7 , align= 0.2 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Voters (FW) , align= 14,205 , align= 1.0 , align= 1.0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) , align= 14,143 , align= 1.0 , align= 0.5 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , style="background:#0085B9;" , , align=left , Party of Humanists (Humanists) , align= 6,655 , align= 0.5 , align= 0.5 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Basic Income Alliance (BGE) , align= 5,970 , align= 0.4 , align= 0.4 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , V-Partei³ (V³) , align= 4,277 , align= 0.3 , align= 0.3 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , style="background:#FF7676;" , , align=left , Welcome to Reality (WIR) , align= 2,821 , align= 0.2 , align= 0.2 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , style="background:#FF4C25;" , , align=left , Human World (MW) , align= 2,565 , align= 0.2 , align= 0.2 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Right (Germany), The Right (Right) , align= 627 , align= 0.0 , align= 0.0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,469,506 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 69 ! align= 15 ! align= 84 ! align= 1 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 64.1 ! align= 13.9 ! align= ! align= ! align= ! align= ! align=

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bremen State Election, 2019 Elections in Bremen (state) 2019 elections in Germany