Results of the local elections in Braunschweig
The results of the local elections in Braunschweig are listed in the following lists . The results of the council elections from 1946 are given.
The first list only lists those parties and groups of voters that were frequently represented in the city parliament. The other results of small parties are not available.
Only those parties and groups of voters are listed that have received at least two percent of the valid votes in at least one election. If this limit is exceeded several times, results from one percent are also listed. The field of the party that received the most votes or seats in the respective election is marked in color.
Parties
- AfD: Alternative for Germany
- B'90 / Greens: Alliance 90 / The Greens → Greens
- CDU: Christian Democratic Union of Germany
- DP: German party
- DRP: German Reich Party
- FDP: Free Democratic Party
- FSU: Free Social Union
- Greens: Greens
- from 1996: B'90 / Greens
- Left: The left
- NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany
- PARTY: The PARTY party for labor, rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative
- PDS: Party of Democratic Socialism → Left
- Pirates: Pirate Party Germany
- REP: The Republicans
- SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany
Groups of voters
- BIBS: Braunschweig citizens' initiative
- LiLi BS: Left List Braunschweig
- UWG: Independent community of voters
abbreviation
- Wbt .: turnout
Election results from 1946 to 1968
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | Wbt. | SPD | CDU | FDP | UWG | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 72.9 | 50.1 | 33.6 | 7.5 | 8.6 | |
| 1948 | 58.8 | 45.3 | 26.0 | 8.3 | 20.4 | |
| 1952 | 75.8 | 43.9 | 15.9 | 7.8 | 32.4 | |
| 1956 | 74.1 | 51.5 | 22.4 | 4.7 | 21.3 | |
| 1961 | 72.1 | 49.4 | 32.7 | 5.6 | 12.6 | |
| 1964 | 65.5 | 54.3 | 34.1 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
| 1968 | 70.2 | 49.7 | 33.3 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 5.8 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | FDP | UWG | DP | BHE | KPD | other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 42 | 30th | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1948 | 49 | 23 | 13 | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 1 | ||
| 1952 | 49 | 22nd | 12 | 2 | 8th | 5 | 1 2 | ||
| 1956 | 49 | 26th | 11 | 2 | 6th | 3 | 1 3 | ||
| 1960 | 49 | 25th | 17th | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1964 | 49 | 27 | 17th | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 1968 | 49 | 25th | 17th | 4th | 2 | 1 4 |
Footnotes
1 1948: FSU
2 1952: individual applicant
3 1956: DRP
4 1968: NPD
Election results from 1972
Share of votes of the parties in percent
| year | Wbt. | SPD | CDU | Green | AfD | BIBS | left | FDP | POLITICAL PARTY | Pirates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 77.5 | 55.1 | 36.0 | 6.8 | ||||||
| 1974 | 81.9 | 46.1 | 42.7 | 9.9 | ||||||
| 1976 | 88.6 | 49.9 | 41.3 | 8.0 | ||||||
| 1981 | 69.9 | 40.7 | 45.9 | 6.4 | 6.4 | |||||
| 1986 | 68.0 | 42.3 | 44.8 | 7.6 | 3.5 | |||||
| 1991 | 61.8 | 40.5 | 43.7 | 8.8 | 5.7 | |||||
| 1996 1 | 58.3 | 37.6 | 39.8 | 11.7 | 4.4 | |||||
| 2001 | 48.3 | 36.9 | 41.1 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 7.6 | ||||
| 2006 | 49.3 | 29.2 | 44.5 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 5.1 | |||
| 2011 | 49.4 | 29.5 | 38.2 | 17.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 2016 | 55.6 | 33.0 | 26.2 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
Distribution of seats
| year | total | SPD | CDU | Green | AfD | BIBS | left | FDP | POLITICAL PARTY | Pirates | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 55 | 32 | 20th | 3 | |||||||
| 1974 | 57 | 27 | 25th | 5 | |||||||
| 1976 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 4th | |||||||
| 1981 | 57 | 24 | 26th | 3 | 3 | 1 2 | |||||
| 1986 | 55 | 24 | 25th | 4th | 2 | ||||||
| 1991 | 57 | 23 | 25th | 5 | 3 | 1 3 | |||||
| 1996 | 57 | 22nd | 24 | 7th | 2 | 2 4 | |||||
| 2001 | 54 | 21st | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4th | |||||
| 2006 | 52 | 15th | 23 | 5 | 4th | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2011 | 54 | 16 | 21st | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2016 | 54 | 18th | 14th | 7th | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Footnotes
1 1996: additionally: REP: 3.0%
2 distribution of seats in 1981: individual applicants
3 distribution of seats in 1991: LiLi BS
4 distribution of seats in 1996: REP: 1 seat, for BS: 1 seat