2016 Berlin state election

The 2016 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2016 to elect the members to the 18th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was defeated, with both parties suffering significant losses. The Left (Die Linke) became the third largest party, while the fourth-placed Greens suffered losses. Alternative for Germany (AfD) won seats for the first time. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) re-entered the Abgeordnetenhaus after falling out in the 2011 election. The Pirate Party, which had achieved state-level representation for the first time in the previous election, lost all of its seats.

2016 Berlin state election
18 September 2016
All 160 seats in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,662,598 (66.9%)
6.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michael Müller Frank Henkel Klaus Lederer
Party SPD CDU Left
Last election 48 seats, 28.3% 39 seats, 23.4% 20 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 38 31 27
Seat change 10 8 7
Popular vote 352,369 288,002 255,740
Percentage 21.6% 17.6% 15.6%
Swing 6.7% 5.7% 3.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ramona Pop Georg Pazderski Sebastian Czaja
Party Greens AfD FDP
Last election 30 seats, 17.6% New party 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 27 25 12
Seat change 3 25 12
Popular vote 248,243 231,325 109,431
Percentage 15.2% 14.2% 6.7%
Swing 2.4% New party 4.9%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Bruno Kramm
Party Pirates
Last election 15 seats, 8.9%
Seats won 0
Seat change 15
Popular vote 28,321
Percentage 1.7%
Swing 7.2%
Results for single-member constituencies.
Mayor before election

Michael Müller
SPD

 Elected Mayor

Michael Müller
SPD

After the election, the SPD formed a coalition with The Left and Greens. Mayor Michael Müller was subsequently re-elected.

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