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

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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 , Alternative for Germany (AfD) , align= 119,989 , align= 12.2 , align= New , align= 11 , align= New , align= 12.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alliance 90/The Greens (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 The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters ( German: ''Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler''; BVB/Free Voters or BVB/FW) is a political party in Brandenburg in eastern Germany. The party was co-founded in 2008 by Péter ...

(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 ,

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(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=

References

External links

Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Brandenburg
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