The 2014 Brandenburg state election was held on 14 September 2014 to elect the members of the 6th

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. The incumbent coalition government of the

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(SPD) and The Left led by Minister-President Dietmar Woidke retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Brandenburg.

Opinion polling

Election result

The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters entered the Landtag despite falling short of the 5% electoral threshold because of the "basic mandate clause" in electoral law, which exempts parties that win at least one direct mandate from the threshold. The BVB/FW leader Christoph Schulze won Teltow-Fläming III, situated south of Berlin, with 27% of first votes. His success was attributed to discontent with the new

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in this area, which lies in the designated approach corridor. Schulze's advocacy of a ban on night flights had been the reason for his defection from the ruling SPD (which he had represented in parliament since 1990) to the BVB/FW. , - , colspan=9 align=center, 2014 Brandenburg state election - composition chart

2014 Brandenburg state election - composition chart

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

(SPD) , align= 313,177 , align= 31.9 , align= 1.1 , align= 30 , align= 1 , align= 34.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 226,844 , align= 23.0 , align= 3.2 , align= 21 , align= 2 , align= 23.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 183,172 , align= 18.6 , align= 8.6 , align= 17 , align= 9 , align= 19.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(AfD) , align= 119,989 , align= 12.2 , align= New , align= 11 , align= New , align= 12.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(Grüne) , align= 60,762 , align= 6.2 , align= 0.5 , align= 6 , align= 1 , align= 6.8 , - , bgcolor=#0559A6, , align=left , Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (BVB/FW) , align= 26,332 , align= 2.7 , align= 1.0 , align= 3 , align= 3 , align= 3.4 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 21,619 , align= 2.2 , align= 1.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) , align= 14,593 , align= 1.5 , align= 1.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 14,389 , align= 1.5 , align= 5.7 , align= 0 , align= 7 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 4,422 , align= 0.4 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 987,299 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 88 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 47.9 ! align= 19.1 ! align= ! align= ! align= File:Brandenburg Zweitstimmen SPD 2014.svg, SPD vote File:Brandenburg Zweitstimmen CDU 2014.svg, CDU vote File:Brandenburg Zweitstimmen Linke 2014.svg, Linke vote File:Brandenburg Zweitstimmen AfD 2014.svg, AfD vote File:Brandenburg Zweitstimmen Grüne 2014.svg, Green vote File:Brandenburg Zweitstimmen BVB-FW 2014.svg, FW vote File:Brandenburg Zweitstimmen NPD 2014.svg, NPD vote

References

External links

Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Brandenburg
Wahlrecht.de {{Brandenburg state elections 2014 elections in Germany Elections in Brandenburg September 2014 in Germany