2009 Brandenburg state election

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.

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%)
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 2 3 1
Popular vote 458,840 377,112 274,825
Percentage 33.0% 27.2% 19.8%
Swing 1.1% 0.8% 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 7 5 6
Popular vote 100,123 78,550 15,903
Percentage 7.2% 5.6% 1.1%
Swing 3.9% 2.1% 5.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election

Platzeck II
SPD–CDU

 Elected Government

Platzeck III
SPD–The Left

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.

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