2009 Brandenburg state election
27 September 2009
All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,388,722 (67.0%)
Increase 10.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Matthias Platzeck Kerstin Kaiser Johanna Wanka
Party SPD Left CDU
Leader's seat Uckermark I Märkisch-Oderland II State-wide party list
Last election 33 seats, 31.9% 29 seats, 28.0% 20 seats, 19.4%
Seats won 31 26 19
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 458,840 377,112 274,825
Percentage 33.0% 27.2% 19.8%
Swing Increase 1.1% Decrease 0.8% Increase 0.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
FDP

DVU
Leader Hans-Peter Goetz Marie Luise von Halem
& Axel Vogel		 Liane Hesselbarth
Party FDP Greens DVU
Leader's seat State-wide party list State-wide party list State-wide party list (lost re-election)
Last election 0 seats, 3.3% 0 seats, 3.6% 6 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 7 5 0
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 5 Decrease 6
Popular vote 100,123 78,550 15,903
Percentage 7.2% 5.6% 1.1%
Swing Increase 3.9% Increase 2.1% Decrease 5.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election

Platzeck II
SPD–CDU

 Elected Government

Platzeck III
SPD–The Left

The 2009 Brandenburg state election was held on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Brandenburg. It took place on the same day as the 2009 federal election and 2009 Schleswig-Holstein state election. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Matthias Platzeck 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.[1]

The election saw the Free Democratic Party and The Greens re-enter the Landtag for the first time since the 1990 election, while the German People's Union lost all its seats.

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2004 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Matthias Platzeck 31.9%
33 / 88
Linke The Left
Die Linke		 Democratic socialism Kerstin Kaiser 28.0%
29 / 88
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Johanna Wanka 19.4%
20 / 88
DVU German People's Union
Deutsche Volksunion		 German nationalism Liane Hesselbarth 6.1%
6 / 88

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 SPD Linke CDU DVU/
NPD		 FDP Grüne Others Lead
2009 state election 27 Sep 2009 – 33.0 27.2 19.8 3.7[lower-alpha 1] 7.2 5.6 6.1 5.8
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 14–17 Sep 2009 1,000 32 27 22 – 7 5 7 5
Infratest dimap 14–15 Sep 2009 1,000 34 28 21 1 7 4 5 6
Infratest dimap 4–7 Sep 2009 1,001 31 28 22 4 8 4 3 3
Infratest dimap 7–10 May 2009 1,000 34 27 22 4 6 5 2 7
GESS 24–31 Mar 2009 1,003 34 25 21 4 7 5 4 9
Infratest 2–22 Feb 2009 1,000 35 26 22 – 6 5 6 9
Emnid 26 Jan–6 Feb 2009 1,001 36 26 21 3 7 5 2 10
Infratest dimap 11–14 Sep 2008 1,000 36 27 20 4 6 4 3 9
Forsa 1–15 Apr 2008 1,084 30 30 21 – 5 5 9 Tie
Infratest dimap 2–6 Apr 2008 1,000 35 30 21 – 5 5 4 5
Emnid 13–27 Feb 2008 ~500 38 26 22 1 4 4  ? 12
Infratest 21 Jan–7 Feb 2008 1,000 40 26 21  ? 5 4  ? 14
Emnid 3–15 Dec 2007 1,002 37 26 21 5 5 4 2 11
Infratest dimap 25–28 Oct 2007 1,000 40 24 23 3 4 4 2 16
Infratest dimap 8–13 Mar 2007 1,000 39 25 21 3 5 4 3 14
Infratest 26 Feb–4 Mar 2007 1,000 39 26 19 – 6 4 6 13
Infratest dimap 17–20 Nov 2006 1,000 40 23 21 5 6 3 2 17
Infratest dimap 28–30 May 2006 1,000 39 24 23 3 5 3 3 13
Forsa 7 Apr 2005 ~1,000 37 25 18 – 4 4 12 12
Infratest 2–6 Dec 2005 752 39 27 21 – 4 4 5 12
Infratest dimap 11–15 Aug 2005 1,000 36 31 22 – 4 4 3 5
Infratest dimap 1–6 Jun 2005 1,000 34 23 29 – 4 5 5 5
2004 state election 19 Sep 2004 – 31.9 28.0 19.4 6.1 3.3 3.6 7.7 3.9

Election result

Summary of the 27 September 2009 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 458,840 33.0 Increase1.1 31 Decrease2 35.2
The Left (Linke) 377,112 27.2 Decrease0.8 26 Decrease3 29.5
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 274,825 19.8 Increase0.4 19 Decrease1 21.6
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 100,123 7.2 Increase3.9 7 Increase7 8.0
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 78,550 5.7 Increase2.1 5 Increase5 5.7
National Democratic Party (NPD) 35,544 2.6 Increase2.6 0 ±0 0
Free Voters (FW) 23,296 1.7 Increase1.7 0 ±0 0
German People's Union (DVU) 15,903 1.1 Decrease5.0 0 Decrease6 0
Others 24,529 1.8 0 ±0 0
Total 1,388,722 100.0 88 ±0
Voter turnout 67.0 Increase10.6
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 33.04%
DIE LINKE
 
 27.16%
CDU
 
 19.79%
FDP
 
 7.21%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 5.66%
NPD
 
 2.56%
FW
 
 1.68%
DVU
 
 1.15%
Other
 
 1.77%
Landtag seats
SPD
 
 35.23%
DIE LINKE
 
 29.55%
CDU
 
 21.59%
FDP
 
 7.95%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 5.68%

Notes

  1. ↑ 2.6% NPD, 1.1% DVU

References

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