Brandenburg state election, 2014

Brandenburg state election, 2014

← 2009 14 September 2014
All 88 seats of the Landtag of Brandenburg 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Dietmar Woidke Michael Schierack Christian Görke Party SPD CDU Left Last election 31 seats, 33.0% 19 seats, 19.8% 26 seats, 27.2% Seats before 30 19 25 Seats won 30 21 17 Seat change 1 2 9 Popular vote 315,177 226,844 183,172 Percentage 31.9% 23.0% 18.6% Swing 1.1% 3.2% 8.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alexander Gauland Ursula Nonnemacher and Axel Vogel Christoph Schulze Party AfD Green BVB/FW Last election Did not contest 5 seats, 5.7% 0 seats, 1.7% Seats before 6 0 Seats won 11 6 3 Seat change 11 1 3 Popular vote 119,989 60,762 49,845 Percentage 12.2% 6.2% 2.7% Swing 12.2% 0.5% 1.0%
Minister-President before election Dietmar Woidke SPD Minister-President-designate Dietmar Woidke SPD

Dietmar Woidke
SPD

Dietmar Woidke
SPD

State elections were held in Brandenburg on 14 September 2014. The result was a victory for the Social Democratic Party who continued their coalition with The Left.

The BVB/Free Voters entered the Landtag despite their failure to surmount the 5% threshold because of the so-called "basic mandate clause" (Grundmandatsklausel). This rule exempts parties and lists that win the direct mandate of at least one constituency from the requirement to gather more than 5% of the votes statewide. BVB/Free Voters' leader Christoph Schulze won his constituency Teltow-Fläming III, that is situated just south of Berlin with 27% of preference votes. His success was attributed to the discontent with the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport "BER" in this constituency 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/Free Voters.

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