State election in Bremen 2011
The election for the 18th Bremen citizenship took place on May 22, 2011. The Bremen Citizenship is the state parliament of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . The city of Bremen deputies form the city citizenship - the local people's representation of the city of Bremen .
In addition, the advisory councils were elected in Bremen and the city council assembly in Bremerhaven .
In the state elections, the red-green coalition under Jens Böhrnsen ( SPD ) , which has ruled the Senate since 2007, was able to expand its majority. The CDU fell behind the result of the Greens for the first time in a German state election and was only the third strongest party. While DIE LINKE (via the electoral area City of Bremen) and BIW (via the electoral area Bremerhaven) were still represented in the citizenry, the FDP , as well as all other parties, failed in both electoral areas at the 5% hurdle.
Election result
According to the official final result, the turnout was 55.5%.
| number | percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 494.167 | 100.0% |
| Voters / turnout | 274.123 | 55.5% |
| invalid ballot papers | 9,139 | 3.3% |
| valid ballot papers | 264,984 | 96.7% |
| Political party | be right | proportion of | Mandates | be right | proportion of | Mandates | be right | proportion of | Mandates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Bremen | City of Bremen | Bremerhaven | |||||||
| SPD | 505.348 | 38.6% | 36 | 438.991 | 39.3% | 30th | 66,357 | 34.3% | 6th |
| GREEN | 293.993 | 22.5% | 21st | 251,863 | 22.6% | 17th | 42,130 | 21.8% | 4th |
| CDU | 266,483 | 20.4% | 20th | 227,622 | 20.4% | 16 | 38,861 | 20.1% | 4th |
| THE LEFT | 73,769 | 5.6% | 5 | 64,824 | 5.8% | 5 | 8,945 | 4.6% | |
| BIW | 48,530 | 3.7% | 1 | 34,713 | 3.1% | 13,817 | 7.1% | 1 | |
| FDP | 31,176 | 2.4% | 25,255 | 2.3% | 5,921 | 3.1% | |||
| PIRATES | 24,935 | 1.9% | 21,074 | 1.9% | 3,861 | 2.0% | |||
| NPD | 20,470 | 1.6% | 15,944 | 1.4% | 4,526 | 2.3% | |||
| B + B | 12,379 | 0.9% | 9,869 | 0.9% | 2,510 | 1.3% | |||
| RRP | 11,442 | 0.9% | 8,868 | 0.8% | 2,574 | 1.3% | |||
| BBL | 5,439 | 0.4% | 5,439 | 0.5% | x | x | |||
| Basic Income Dialogue | 5,136 | 0.4% | 5,136 | 0.5% | x | x | |||
| GDP | 4,534 | 0.3% | 3,651 | 0.3% | 883 | 0.5% | |||
| FREE VOTERS BREMEN | 2,437 | 0.2% | 2,437 | 0.2% | x | x | |||
| For Bremerhaven | 1,981 | 0.2% | x | x | 1,981 | 1.0% | |||
| PdB | 1,303 | 0.1% | x | x | 1,303 | 0.7% | |||
Eligibility to vote
Every German who had had a permanent place of residence in Bremen for at least three months was eligible to vote for the citizenship. In this election, the age for active voting rights was reduced to 16 for the first time. The right to stand for election was granted upon reaching the age of majority. Citizens of the member states of the EU were only treated on an equal footing with Germans for the choice of city citizenship.
Electoral system
A new electoral system was introduced for these citizenship elections : each eligible voter could distribute five votes to lists or applicants recorded in them ( cumulation and variegation ). Due to the large number of applicants, all of whom had to be listed by name and provided with five fields for the votes due to the election process, ballot booklets in DIN A4 format were used.
Parties
With the exception of the parties and constituencies represented in the citizenry (SPD, CDU, Greens, Linke, FDP, BIW), signatures of support had to be presented in order to be allowed to vote. By March 8, 2011, voter participation had to be reported to the regional returning officer; the determination of which associations are to be recognized for the election was made by the state election committee on March 25, 2011. The final decision on the approval of the lists submitted was made on April 8, 2011.
- Top candidates of the parties represented in the citizenship
Jens Boehrnsen (SPD)
Rita Mohr-Lüllmann (CDU)
Karoline Linnert (Greens)
Kristina Vogt (left)
Oliver Möllenstädt (FDP)
Jan Timke (BIW)
The following parties and electoral associations ran with the named top candidates in both electoral areas:
| list | Party (short form) |
Full name | Leading candidate | Members | Result 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Jens Boehrnsen | 4,841 | 36.7% |
| 2 | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Rita Mohr-Lüllmann | 3,000 | 25.6% |
| 3 | GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | Karoline Linnert | 715 | 16.5% |
| 4th | THE LEFT | The left | Kristina Vogt | 616 | 8.4% |
| 5 | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Oliver Möllenstädt | 450 | 6.0% |
| 6th | BIW | Citizens in anger | Jan Timke | 250 | 0.8% |
| 14th | PIRATES | Pirate Party Germany | Erich Sturm | 151 | - |
| 13 | NPD | National Democratic Party of Germany | Matthias Faust | 50 | - |
| 15th | RRP | Pensioners party | Uwe Gäthje | 103 | - |
| 9 | B + B | Bremer and Bremerhaven voter community | Michael Busch | 38 | - |
| 10 | GDP | Bremen Integration Party of Germany | Levent Albayrak | 300 | - |
Only in the Bremen elective area:
| list | Party (short form) | Full name | Leading candidate | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | BBL | Bremen and Bremerhaven citizens list | Uwe Woltemath | 55 |
| 16 | Basic Income Dialogue | Bremen Dialogue - Freedom, Equality, Basic Income | Jan Hövener | 10 |
| 11 | FW FREE VOTERS | Free voters Bremen | Friedhelm grandfather | 39 |
Only in the Bremerhaven elective area:
| list | Party (short form) | Full name | Leading candidate | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th | PdB | Citizens' protest | Siegfried Tittmann | 30th |
| 12 | FB | For Bremerhaven | Walter Müller |
The following were not recognized as a party or electoral association: Citizens Party of Germany (BPD), German People's Union (DVU), Free Voters. Due to an insufficient number of support signatures, the following were not allowed to vote: United Citizens of Germany (VBD), Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG) and Bremen must live (The Conservatives).
initial situation
A red-green coalition has ruled Bremen since the 2007 general election . During the current legislative period there were six party and parliamentary group changes within the citizenry. The left lost Walter Peter Müller, who founded the voters' association for Bremerhaven . The DVU lost its only MP Siegfried Tittmann, who later founded the voters' association Protest der Bürger . With the resignation of Uwe Woltemath, who founded the Bremer & Bremerhaven Citizens List , the FDP also lost its parliamentary group status. One MP each from the CDU, one from the Greens and one from the Left switched to the SPD.
| choice |
date |
SPD |
CDU |
GREEN |
FDP |
LEFT |
DVU |
PIRATES |
BIW |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundestag election | 09/27/2009 | 30.2% | 23.9% | 15.4% | 10.6% | 14.3% | 0.3% | 2.4% | - | 2.9% |
| European elections | 06/09/2009 | 29.3% | 24.5% | 22.1% | 8.9% | 7.2% | 0.7% | 1.1% | - | 6.2% |
| Citizenship election | 05/13/2007 | 36.7% | 25.6% | 16.5% | 6.0% | 8.4% | 2.7% | - | 0.8% | 3.2% |
Polls ahead of the election
| Institute |
date |
SPD |
CDU |
GREEN |
LEFT |
FDP |
PIRATES |
right |
BIW |
NPD | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research group elections | 05/13/2011 | 37% | 19% | 24% | 6% | 4% | - | - | - | 3% | 7% |
| Infratest dimap | 05/12/2011 | 36% | 20% | 24% | 7% | 3% | - | - | 3% | - | 7% |
| Emnid | 04/30/2011 | 37% | 22% | 24% | 7% | 4% | - | - | - | - | 6% |
| Forsa | 02/19/2011 | 38% | 23% | 22% | 7% | 4% | - | - | - | - | 6% |
| Specifically, market research | 12/22/2010 | 33.4% | 22.8% | 19.4% | 8.5% | 3.3% | - | - | 5.5% | - | 7.1% |
| Emnid | 03/30/2010 | 35% | 25% | 17% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 3% | - | - | 2% |
| Institute |
date |
Jens Boehrnsen |
Rita Mohr-Lüllmann |
Karoline Linnert |
other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research group elections | 05/13/2011 | 67% | 12% | ? | ? |
| Infratest dimap | 05/12/2011 | 70% | 12% | - | 8th % |
| Infratest dimap | 05/12/2011 | 66% | - | 18% | 6% |
Election campaign
BIW invested 100,000 euros in the election campaign. DIE LINKE invested 230,000 euros in the election campaign. Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen put 190,000 euros into the Bremen election campaign.
The CDU decided to ask the candidates on the top list to contribute to the election campaign costs of 800 euros. If the candidate does not get a seat in parliament, the amount would be repaid. The practice met with criticism. Membership fees are usually only paid after an election.
Decision support
The Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb) switched a Wahl-O-Mat at the end of April 2011 , which had been used around 93,000 times by May 21, 2011.
Parteivergleich.eu is an alternative to Wahl-O-Mat. The answers of the Bremen parties and electoral associations to 80 questions were sorted by topic.
On Abgeordnetenwatch .com there was a candidate check. In addition, the individual candidates from the 16 competing lists could be asked questions about the Bremen election.
Two electoral exchanges were organized by »PESM« (Prognosys Electronic Stock Markets) and Wahlfieber.de for the state election.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wayback Machine. September 3, 2011, accessed June 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Full name: Bremen Dialogue - Freedom, Equality, Basic Income
- ↑ ( § 1 election law. Transparency Portal Bremen, accessed on April 15, 2016 . )
- ↑ Therefore, the city citizenship can be composed differently than the city of Bremen part of the state parliament members. In the 17th electoral term, the MP Bensch (CDU) was represented exclusively in the citizenry as state parliament, the MP Schmidtmann (GREEN) only in the city citizenship.
- ↑ § 6 BremWahlG. Transparency portal Bremen, accessed on April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Citizenship election 2011: voting slip will be in the form of a booklet. Senate Press Office, accessed on November 7, 2010 .
- ↑ Section 16 of the Bremen Election Act. Transparency portal Bremen, accessed on April 15, 2016 .
- ↑ a b State electoral committee decides on notices of participation. Senate Press Office, March 25, 2011, accessed March 25, 2011 .
- ↑ 2011 elections . landeswahlleiter.bremen.de. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ wiki.piratenpartei.de
- ^ National Democratic Party of Germany ( Memento from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Pensioners Party ( Memento from September 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bremer and Bremerhaven voter community ( Memento from May 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Dr. Dieter Wolf: Who is up for election? . bpb.de. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ Dr. Dieter Wolf: Who is up for election? - Basic income dialogue . bpb.de. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ Dr. Dieter Wolf: Who is up for election? - Free voters Bremen . bpb.de. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ Dr. Dieter Wolf: Who is up for election? - PdB . bpb.de. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ 14 groups are allowed to compete in May . radiobremen.de. April 8, 2011. Archived from the original on August 31, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d e polls for the citizenship elections in Bremen .
- ↑ Christoph Pagel: Bremen: Greens are for the first time in front of the CDU. In: Focus Online . April 30, 2011, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated May 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 800 euros for a good place on the list
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ parteivergleich.eu
- ↑ parteivergleich.eu
- ↑ kandidatencheck.abektivenwatch.de
- ↑ parliament watch.de ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ boerse.prognosys.de
- ↑ Wahlfieber.de
