Election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 2021

Seat of the Berlin House of Representatives ( building of the former Prussian Landtag )

The election to the 19th House of Representatives of Berlin (often short Berlin election 2021 ) will take place on September 26, 2021 for a legislative period of five years.

On the same day, the elections to the twelve district council assemblies , the Bundestag election and, presumably, the referendum of the initiative Deutsche Wohnen & Co. expropriate will be held in Berlin .

Starting position

Previous election 2016

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Election to the House of Representatives in 2016

 %

30th

20th

10

0

21.6

17.6

15.6

15.2

14.2

6.7

9.1

SPD

CDU

left

Green

AfD

FDP

Otherwise.

The SPD ranged 21.6 percent to become the strongest force, it is so far the smallest share of votes, the largest party in a German state parliament. In addition to the SPD, the CDU in particular lost , both parties had to accept their worst election results in Berlin ever. While the left gained slightly, the Greens lost slightly. The AfD competed for the first time in Berlin and reached 14.2 percent, the FDP succeeded in re-entering the House of Representatives.

The seats are calculated using the Hare-Niemeyer method .

After the election, the first red-red-green government was formed with the SPD at its head; the coalition holds 92 of the 160 seats in the House of Representatives. Michael Müller remained Governing Mayor of Berlin and formed the Senate Müller II .

Parliamentary groups in the state parliament

The table shows the parliamentary group composition of the House of Representatives at the beginning and before the end of the legislative period.

Parliamentary group / national association		Order code drawing	Seats 2016	Seats 2021
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	SPD	38	38
	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	CDU	31	31
	The left	LEFT	27	27
	Alliance 90 / The Greens	GREEN	27	27
	Alternative for Germany	AfD	25th	22nd
	Free Democratic Party	FDP	12th	11
	Non-attached		-	4th

Parties and Applicants

Top candidates of the parties represented in the House of Representatives

The six parties in the House of Representatives are running with the following top candidates:

• Top candidates
• 

  Franziska Giffey ( SPD )

• 

  Kai Wegner ( CDU )

• 

  Klaus Lederer ( left )

• 

  Bettina Jarasch ( Greens )

• 

  Kristin Brinker ( AfD )

• 

  Sebastian Czaja ( FDP )

Parties

34 parties take part in the election for the House of Representatives. Four more take part in the district council meetings.

Political party	Abbreviation	House of Representatives election
Action Party for Animal Welfare - Animal Welfare Here!	ANIMAL WELFARE here!	Country list
Alternative for Germany	AfD	Country list
Basic Democratic Party of Germany	the base	Country list
mountain party, the over party	B *	Country list
Build Berlin!	Build Berlin!	Country list
Alliance 90 / The Greens	GREEN	Country list
Civil rights movement Solidarity	BüSo	Country list
Christian Democratic Union of Germany	CDU	District lists nationwide
Democratic left	DL	-
German Communist Party	DKP	Country list
German conservatives	German conservatives	individual district lists
The grays - for all generations	The grays	Country list
The left	The left	Country list
The New Berlin	-	-
The new democrats	-	individual district lists
The Republicans	REP	individual district lists
The urban. A hip hop party	you.	Country list
The Pink / Alliance21	ALLIANCE21	Country list
Feminist Party Women	THE WOMEN	-
Free Democratic Party	FDP	District lists nationwide
Free voters	FREE VOTERS	Country list
Gray panthers	Gray panthers	Country list
Climate list Berlin	Climate list Berlin	Country list
Liberal Democrats - The Social Liberals	LD	-
Liberal Conservative Reformers	LKR	Country list
Human world - for the well-being and happiness of all	HUMAN WORLD	individual district lists
Tenants' party / Bündnis Berlin	RENTAL PARTY	Country list
National Democratic Party of Germany	NPD	Country list
Ecological Democratic Party	ÖDP	Country list
Party of humanists	The humanists	Country list
Party for labor, rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative	The party	Country list
Health Research Party	Health research	Country list
Human Environment Animal Welfare Party	Animal welfare party	Country list
Pirate Party Germany	PIRATES	Country list
Social Democratic Party of Germany	SPD	District lists nationwide
Socialist Equality Party , Fourth International	SGP	Country list
Team Todenhöfer	TEAM TODENHÖFER	Country list
Volt Germany	volt	Country list

The BerlinBrains association wanted to run for elections, but the state election committee denied that it was a party.

Survey

See also : Federal trend

Sunday question

Current polls

INSA survey from August 25, 2021

compared to the 2016 election

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22nd

18th

16

15th

12th

9

3

5

SPD

Green

CDU

left

AfD

FDP

FW

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2016
(rounded to half a percent)

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+0.5

+3

−1.5

−0.5

−2

+2.5

+3

−4

SPD

Green

CDU

left

AfD

FDP

FW

Otherwise.

Institute	date	SPD	CDU	left	Green	AfD	FDP	Otherwise.
Infratest dimap	08/25/2021	23%	19%	12%	17%	11%	8th %	10%
INSA	08/25/2021	22%	16%	15%	18%	12%	9%	8% ( incl.FW 3%)
Forsa	08/13/2021	21%	17%	14%	21%	10%	7%	10%
INSA	06/24/2021	18%	18%	13%	22%	12%	10%	7% ( incl.FW 2%)
Infratest dimap	June 16, 2021	17%	21%	12%	22%	10%	9%	9%
INSA	05/18/2021	20%	16%	13%	25%	12%	9%	5% ( incl.FW 3%)
Infratest dimap	04/28/2021	17%	18%	14%	27%	9%	7%	8th %
INSA	04/23/2021	19%	16%	14%	25%	12%	10%	4%
Infratest dimap	02/24/2021	18%	22%	15%	23%	9%	6%	7%
Election 2016	09/18/2016	21.6%	17.6%	15.6%	15.2%	14.2%	6.7%	9.2%

Older polls

2016-2020

Institute date SPD CDU left Green AfD FDP POLITICAL PARTY Otherwise. INSA December 18, 2020 18% 22% 16% 18% 12% 7% - 7% INSA 10/12/2020 18% 21% 16% 20% 12% 6% - 7% Infratest dimap 09/23/2020 15% 22% 15% 26% 10% 6% - 6% INSA 07/15/2020 16% 21% 18% 19% 12% 5% - 9% Infratest dimap 04/29/2020 20% 23% 14% 21% 10% 5% - 7% Forsa 02/11/2020 15% 16% 17% 25% 11% 6% - 10% INSA 02/01/2020 15% 18% 19% 23% 13% 7% - 5% Forsa December 26, 2019 15% 17% 19% 22% 11% 6% - 10% Forsa December 03, 2019 16% 17% 17% 24% 11% 5% - 10% Infratest dimap 11/20/2019 16% 18% 17% 23% 14% 5% - 7% Forsa 06/11/2019 15% 18% 16% 25% 11% 5% - 10% Forsa 04.10.2019 16% 17% 16% 24% 11% 6% - 10% INSA September 18, 2019 15% 17% 18% 24% 14% 6% - 6% Forsa 08/31/2019 16% 16% 17% 24% 11% 6% - 10% Forsa 07/29/2019 16% 17% 18% 25% 10% 5% - 9% Forsa 07/01/2019 15% 17% 17% 25% 10% 7% - 9% Forsa 06/03/2019 16% 15% 17% 26% 11% 7% - 8th % Infratest dimap 05/08/2019 15% 17% 19% 23% 10% 6% - 10% Forsa 04/26/2019 16% 17% 18% 25% 11% 7% - 6% INSA 04/10/2019 16% 19% 19% 19% 12% 9% - 6% Forsa 04/04/2019 15% 18% 18% 25% 10% 8th % - 6% Forsa 05.03.2019 17% 20% 18% 22% 11% 7% - 5% Forsa 02/05/2019 16% 19% 20% 21% 11% 8th % - 5% Forsa 01/01/2019 15% 17% 18% 23% 13% 7% - 7% INSA December 18, 2018 16% 18% 16% 21% 14% 8th % - 7% Forsa December 06, 2018 15% 18% 18% 23% 13% 7% - 6% Infratest dimap 11/21/2018 15% 18% 18% 24% 13% 6% - 6% INSA 07/11/2018 16% 16% 17% 22% 15% 7% - 7% Forsa October 26, 2018 15% 16% 19% 22% 13% 8th % - 7% Forsa October 01, 2018 16% 17% 22% 18% 13% 7% - 7% Forsa 03.09.2018 17% 19% 21% 18% 12% 6% - 7% Forsa July 31, 2018 17% 19% 21% 17% 13% 7% - 6% INSA 07/18/2018 17% 18% 17% 18% 14% 7% 4% 5% Forsa 07/01/2018 19% 18% 21% 16% 11% 8th % - 7% Forsa 06/01/2018 18% 19% 20% 18% 11% 7% - 7% Infratest dimap May 16, 2018 18% 21% 22% 15% 11% 6% - 7% Forsa 05/04/2018 19% 19% 19% 18% 11% 7% - 7% INSA 04/14/2018 19% 19% 19% 17% 13% 8th % 2% 3% Forsa 04/04/2018 20% 20% 18% 17% 12% 7% - 6% Forsa 02/26/2018 19% 19% 20% 18% 12% 6% - 6% Forsa January 31, 2018 20% 19% 18% 17% 11% 7% - 8th % Forsa 02/01/2018 20% 20% 18% 17% 11% 6% - 8th % Forsa 11/26/2017 18% 21% 18% 16% 11% 8th % - 8th % Forsa 11/01/2017 19% 20% 18% 14% 11% 9% - 9% Forsa 08/10/2017 18% 19% 19% 15% 11% 9% - 9% Infratest dimap 09/12/2017 21% 23% 19% 14% 10% 7% - 6% Forsa 09/03/2017 19% 21% 19% 14% 9% 11% - 9% Forsa 08/01/2017 20% 22% 18% 14% 8th % 9% - 9% Forsa 07/06/2017 21% 22% 17% 14% 8th % 9% - 9% Forsa 05/30/2017 22% 23% 16% 13% 8th % 8th % - 10% Infratest dimap 05/23/2017 22% 24% 17% 13% 10% 8th % - 6% Forsa 05/03/2017 24% 20% 16% 12% 9% 8th % - 11% Forsa 04/03/2017 25% 20% 16% 13% 8th % 7% - 11% Forsa 02/27/2017 25% 17% 16% 13% 10% 8th % - 11% Forsa 01/30/2017 20% 20% 16% 15% 12% 8th % - 9% Forsa 02/01/2017 20% 20% 17% 16% 12% 7% - 8th % Forsa 11/27/2016 19% 20% 16% 17% 13% 7% - 8th % Infratest dimap 11/24/2016 21% 19% 17% 15% 13% 7% - 8th % Forsa 10/30/2016 20% 18% 16% 16% 13% 7% - 10% Election 2016 09/18/2016 21.6% 17.6% 15.6% 15.2% 14.2% 6.7% 2.0% 7.2%

course

Survey values ​​averaged over monthly survey results, from the 2016 election to August 25, 2021

More surveys

West and East Berlin

West Berlin

Institute	date	SPD	CDU	Green	AfD	left	FDP	Otherwise.
Infratest dimap	08/25/2021	25%	21%	19%	9%	9%	9%	8th %
Infratest dimap	June 16, 2021	19%	23%	24%	8th %	7%	10%	9%
Infratest dimap	04/28/2021	18%	21%	28%	8th %	10%	8th %	7%
Infratest dimap	02/24/2021	19%	25%	24%	8th %	10%	8th %	6%
Election 2016	09/18/2016	23.2%	20.9%	17.1%	12.1%	10.1%	8.6%	6.5%
Older polls Institute date SPD CDU Green AfD left FDP Otherwise. Infratest dimap 09/23/2020 14% 25% 30% 8th % 10% 8th % 5% Infratest dimap 04/29/2020 20% 25% 23% 8th % 11% 6% 7% Infratest dimap 11/20/2019 18% 20% 26% 12% 12% 5% 7% Infratest dimap 05/08/2019 17% 20% 27% 8th % 13% 6% 9% Infratest dimap 11/21/2018 15% 21% 27% 11% 12% 8th % 6% Infratest dimap May 16, 2018 20% 23% 18% 10% 16% 7% 6% Infratest dimap 09/12/2017 23% 25% 15% 10% 13% 8th % 6% Infratest dimap 05/23/2017 23% 24% 15% 10% 13% 10% 5% Infratest dimap 11/24/2016 23% 22% 17% 12% 11% 8th % 7% Election 2016 09/18/2016 23.2% 20.9% 17.1% 12.1% 10.1% 8.6% 6.5%

East Berlin

Institute	date	left	SPD	AfD	CDU	Green	FDP	Otherwise.
Infratest dimap	08/25/2021	17%	21%	15%	15%	14%	6%	12%
Infratest dimap	June 16, 2021	19%	14%	13%	18%	19%	8th %	9%
Infratest dimap	04/28/2021	19%	15%	12%	14%	26%	6%	8th %
Infratest dimap	02/24/2021	22%	15%	11%	18%	21%	5%	8th %
Election 2016	09/18/2016	23.4%	19.3%	17.0%	13.1%	12.6%	4.0%	8.8%
Older polls Institute date left SPD AfD CDU Green FDP Otherwise. Infratest dimap 09/23/2020 23% 15% 12% 18% 20% 5% 7% Infratest dimap 04/29/2020 19% 19% 13% 20% 18% 3% 8th % Infratest dimap 11/20/2019 24% 14% 16% 16% 18% 5% 7% Infratest dimap 05/08/2019 28% 13% 13% 14% 16% 5% 11% Infratest dimap 11/21/2018 27% 15% 15% 12% 20% 4% 7% Infratest dimap May 16, 2018 29% 16% 14% 18% 11% 5% 7% Infratest dimap 09/12/2017 26% 19% 11% 21% 13% 4% 6% Infratest dimap 05/23/2017 22% 22% 10% 23% 10% 6% 7% Infratest dimap 11/24/2016 25% 19% 15% 14% 12% 5% 10% Election 2016 09/18/2016 23.4% 19.3% 17.0% 13.1% 12.6% 4.0% 8.8%

Potential analysis

Institute	date	Election chance	SPD	CDU	left	Green	AfD	FDP
INSA	04/10/2019	"for sure"	11%	13%	14%	12%	9%	6%
		"Sure and maybe"	38%	34%	34%	42%	15%	23%
		"Generally not"	19%	32%	27%	20%	68%	28%
INSA	07/18/2018	"for sure"	12%	11%	13%	11%	10%	4%
		"Sure and maybe"	42%	31%	31%	36%	18%	20%
		"Generally not"	16%	29%	24%	20%	65%	26%

See also

• Election to the Berlin House of Representatives
• List of likely election dates in Germany
• House of Representatives elections in Berlin: candidates, topics, coalitions , dossier at the DLF, accessed on August 20, 2021

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Senate sets the date for the elections to the House of Representatives and the District Assembly. February 9, 2021, accessed February 9, 2021 . 
2. ↑ Enough signatures - Berlin referendum on housing groups. July 1, 2021, accessed July 2, 2021 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 27 Land lists approved for election to the House of Representatives. July 30, 2021, accessed July 31, 2021 . 
4. ↑ State election committee admits 38 parties. June 15, 2021, accessed June 16, 2021 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo} Overview of the polls on the election of the House of Representatives in Berlin in 2021 , from Wahlrecht.de, accessed on October 10, 2017.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Overview of the surveys for West Berlin on the election of the House of Representatives in Berlin in 2021 , from Wahlrecht.de, accessed on October 10, 2017.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Overview of the surveys for East Berlin on the election of the House of Representatives in Berlin in 2021 , from Wahlrecht.de, accessed on October 10, 2017.
8. ↑ INSA Sunday Question Berlin April 2019 , on insa-consulere.de, accessed on April 10, 2019.
9. ↑ INSA Sunday Question Berlin July 2018 , on freiepresse.de, accessed on July 18, 2018.