2009 Brandenburg state election

State election in Brandenburg, Germany gov December 2009 2009 Brandenburg state election Brandenburg parliamentary no 2004 Brandenburg state election 2004 2014 Brandenburg state election 2014 All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg 45 27 September 2009 1,388,722 (67.0%) 10.6% 115px Matthias Platzeck Uckermark I Social Democratic Party of Germany 33 seats, 31.9% 31 458,840 2 33.0% 1.1% 125px Märkisch-Oderland II Kerstin Kaiser The Left (Germany) 29 seats, 28.0% 26 377,112 3 27.2% 0.8% 120px Johanna Wanka Christian Democratic Union (Germany) State-wide party list 20 seats, 19.4% 19 274,825 1 19.8% 0.4% FDP Hans-Peter Goetz Free Democratic Party (Germany) State-wide party list 0 seats, 3.3% 7 100,123 7 7.2% 3.9% 60px60px Marie Luise von Halem& Axel Vogel State-wide party list Alliance 90/The Greens 0 seats, 3.6% 5 5 78,550 5.6% 2.1% DVU Liane Hesselbarth State-wide party list (lost re-election) German People's Union 6 seats, 6.1% 0 15,903 6 1.1% 5.0% 2009 Brandenburg state election.svg 300px Results for the single-member constituencies Government Platzeck II SPD–CDU 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.Left coalition set to take power in Brandenburg 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 GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Matthias Platzeck 31.9% 33 88 Social Democratic Party of Germany Linke The LeftDie Linke Democratic socialism Kerstin Kaiser 28.0% 29 88 The Left (Germany) CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Johanna Wanka 19.4% 20 88 Christian Democratic Union of Germany DVU German People's UnionDeutsche Volksunion German nationalism Liane Hesselbarth 6.1% 6 88 German People's Union Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD Linke CDU DVU/NPD FDP Grüne Others Lead 2009 state election 27 Sep 2009 – 33.0 27.2 19.8 3.72.6% NPD, 1.1% DVU 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 File:2009 Brandenburg Landtag.svg Social Democratic Party (SPD) 458840 1.13 31 2 The Left (Linke) 377112 0.80 26 3 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 274825 0.36 19 1 Free Democratic Party (FDP) 100123 3.88 7 7 Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 78550 2.06 5 6 National Democratic Party (NPD) 35544 2.56 0 Free Voters (FW) 23296 New 0 New German People's Union (DVU) 15903 4.93 0 6 67.0 10.6 Others 24529 0 Notes References Brandenburg Brandenburg state election Category:Elections in Brandenburg Category:21st century in Brandenburg