Election results and senates in Bremen
This list includes all the results of the Bremen citizenship elections and all Bremen Senates since 1945 .
Election results
Distribution of votes in percent
| Legislative period |
election day | electoral participation |
SPD | CDU | FDP | GREEN | LEFT | DVU | KPD | DP | Other | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10/13/1946 | 85.2 | 47.6 | 18.9 | - | - | - | - | 11.5 | - | BDV 18.3 | 3.7 |
| 2. | 10/12/1947 | 67.8 | 41.7 | 22.0 | 5.4 | - | - | - | 8.8 | 3.9 | BDV 14.0; RSF 1.1 | 3.1 |
| 3. | 07.10.1951 | 83.4 | 39.1 | 9.1 | 11.8 | - | - | - | 6.4 | 14.7 | SRP 7.7; BHE 5.6; WdF 4.3; FSU 1.4 | |
| 4th | 10/09/1955 | 84.0 | 47.7 | 18.0 | 8.6 | - | - | - | 5.0 | 16.6 | BHE 2.9; BdD 1.1 | |
| 5. | 10/11/1959 | 79.2 | 54.9 | 14.8 | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | 14.5 | DRP 3.8; WgaA 2.6; BHE 1.9 | 0.4 |
| 6th | 29.09.1963 | 76.1 | 54.7 | 28.9 | 8.4 | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | DFU 2.7 | 0.2 |
| 7th | 10/01/1967 | 77.0 | 46.0 | 29.5 | 10.5 | - | - | - | - | 0.9 | NPD 8.8; DFU 4.2 | - |
| 8th. | 10/10/1971 | 80.0 | 55.3 | 31.6 | 7.1 | - | - | - | - | - | DKP 3.1; NPD 2.8 | - |
| 9. | 09/28/1975 | 82.2 | 48.8 | 33.8 | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | - | DKP 2.2; NPD 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 10. | 07.10.1979 | 78.5 | 49.4 | 31.9 | 10.8 | - | - | - | - | - | BGL 5.1; AL 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 11. | 09/25/1983 | 79.7 | 51.3 | 33.3 | 4.6 | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | BGL 2.4; BAL 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 12. | 09/13/1987 | 75.6 | 50.5 | 23.4 | 10.0 | 10.2 | - | 3.4 | - | - | REP 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 13. | 09/29/1991 | 72.2 | 38.8 | 30.7 | 9.5 | 11.4 | - | 6.2 | - | - | GRAY 1.7; REP 1.5 | 0.3 |
| 14th | 05/14/1995 | 68.6 | 33.4 | 32.6 | 3.4 | 13.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | - | - | AFB 10.7 | 2.1 |
| 15th | 06/06/1999 | 60.1 | 42.6 | 37.1 | 2.5 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | - | - | AFB 2.4 | 0.5 |
| 16. | 05/25/2003 | 61.3 | 42.3 | 29.8 | 4.2 | 12.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | - | - | Schill 4.4 | 2.5 |
| 17th | 05/13/2007 | 57.6 | 36.7 | 25.6 | 6.0 | 16.5 | 8.4 | 2.7 | - | - | Conservatives 1.6; BIW 0.8 | 1.6 |
| 18th | 05/22/2011 | 55.9 | 38.6 | 20.3 | 2.4 | 22.5 | 5.6 | - | - | - | BIW 3.7; Pirates 1.9; NPD 1.6 | 3.4 |
| 19th | 05/10/2015 | 50.2 | 32.8 | 22.4 | 6.6 | 15.1 | 9.5 | - | - | - | AfD 5.5; BIW 3.2; THE PARTY 1.9; Pirates 1.5; Animal Welfare Party 1,2 | 0.2 |
| 20th | 05/26/2019 | 64.1 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 5.9 | 17.4 | 11.3 | - | - | - | AfD 6.1; BIW 2.4; The PARTY 1.7; FW 1.0; Pirates 1.0 | 1.6 |
Distribution of seats
| Legislative period |
election day | seats total |
SPD | CDU | FDP | GREEN | DP | DVU | KPD | LEFT | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10/13/1946 | 80 | 51 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | BDV : 12, Independent: 2 |
| 2. | 10/12/1947 | 100 | 46 | 24 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 10 | - | BDV: 15 |
| 3. | October 7, 1951 | 100 | 43 | 9 | 12 | - | 16 | - | 6th | - | SRP : 8, WdF: 4, BHE: 2 |
| 4th | October 9, 1955 | 100 | 52 | 18th | 8th | - | 18th | - | 4th | - | |
| 5. | 10/11/1959 | 100 | 61 | 16 | 7th | - | 16 | - | - | - | |
| 6th | 29.9.1963 | 100 | 57 | 31 | 8th | - | 4th | - | - | - | |
| 7th | October 1, 1967 | 100 | 50 | 32 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | NPD : 8 |
| 8th. | 10/10/1971 | 100 | 59 | 34 | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 9. | 9/28/1975 | 100 | 52 | 35 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 10. | October 7, 1979 | 100 | 52 | 33 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | BGL : 4 |
| 11. | September 25, 1983 | 100 | 58 | 37 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | |
| 12. | 13.9.1987 | 100 | 54 | 25th | 10 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 13. | 29.9.1991 | 100 | 41 | 32 | 10 | 11 | - | 6th | - | - | |
| 14th | May 14, 1995 | 100 | 37 | 37 | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | AFB : 12 |
| 15th | 6.6.1999 | 100 | 47 | 42 | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 16. | May 25, 2003 | 83 | 40 | 29 | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 17th | May 13, 2007 | 83 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 14th | - | 1 | - | 7th | BIW : 1 |
| 18th | May 22, 2011 | 83 | 36 | 20th | - | 21st | - | - | - | 5 | BIW: 1 |
| 19th | May 10, 2015 | 83 | 30th | 20th | 6th | 14th | - | - | - | 8th | AfD: 4; BIW: 1 |
| 20th | May 26, 2019 | 84 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 16 | - | - | - | 10 | AfD: 5; BIW: 1 |
The five percent hurdle applies to both cities separately:
Since the WdF in 1951 and the KPD in 1955 received more than 5% of the votes in the city of Bremen, they were each represented in the state parliament by four members.
In 1951, the BHE received less than 5% of the votes in the area of the city of Bremen. With his significantly higher share of the vote in Bremerhaven, he got two seats there.
Since the FDP 2003, the DVU 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007 as well as the BIW 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 each received more than 5% of the votes in Bremerhaven, they were / are each represented in the state parliament by one member.
Senates
In June 1945, the first post-war senate was formed under the leadership of the non-party mayor Erich Vagts . The first senate consisted of a coalition of the SPD, BDV and KPD. He was also supported by the non-party. In August the coalition was continued under the new mayor Wilhelm Kaisen . From April 17, 1946, the Bremen citizenship, appointed by the Allies , controlled the Senate.
| Legislative
period |
election day | government | Ruling party (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| no | Senate Vagts | SPD , BDV , KPD , supported by non-party members | |
| Senate Kaisen I | SPD, BDV, KPD, supported by non-party members | ||
| Appointed | (appointed: April 6, 1946) | Senate Kaisen I | SPD, BDV, KPD, supported by non-party members |
| 1. | 10/13/1946 | Senate Kaisen II | SPD, BDV, KPD |
| 2. | 10/12/1947 | Senate Kaisen III | SPD, BDV |
| 3. | October 7, 1951 | Senate Kaisen IV | SPD, FDP / BDV, CDU |
| 4th | October 9, 1955 | Senate Kaisen V | SPD, CDU, FDP |
| 5. | 10/11/1959 | Senate Kaisen VI | SPD, FDP |
| 6th | 29.9.1963 | Senate Kaisen VII | SPD, FDP |
| Senate Dehnkamp | SPD, FDP | ||
| 7th | October 1, 1967 | Senate Koschnick I | SPD, FDP (until June 1971) |
| SPD (from June 1971) | |||
| 8th. | 10/10/1971 | Senate Koschnick II | SPD |
| 9. | 9/28/1975 | Senate Koschnick III | SPD |
| 10. | October 7, 1979 | Senate Koschnick IV | SPD |
| 11. | September 25, 1983 | Senate Koschnick V | SPD |
| Senate Wedemeier I | SPD | ||
| 12. | 13.9.1987 | Senate Wedemeier II | SPD |
| 13. | 29.9.1991 | Senate Wedemeier III | SPD, Greens , FDP (until February 1995) |
| SPD, FDP (from February 1995) | |||
| 14th | May 14, 1995 | Senate Scherf I. | SPD, CDU |
| 15th | 6.6.1999 | Senate Scherf II | SPD, CDU |
| 16. | May 25, 2003 | Senate Scherf III | SPD, CDU |
| Senate Böhrnsen I | |||
| 17th | May 13, 2007 | Senate Böhrnsen II | SPD, Greens |
| 18th | May 22, 2011 | Senate Böhrnsen III | SPD, Greens |
| 19th | May 10, 2015 | Senate Sieling | SPD, Greens |
| 20th | 08/15/2019 | Senate Bovenschulte | SPD, Greens, Left |
Trivia
- Until 2019, Bremen was the only federal state in which the SPD had consistently had the strongest parliamentary group in the state parliament since the end of World War II.
- In 1979, Bremen was the first federal state in which a green party, the BGL ( Bremen Green List ), entered the state parliament.
- Bremen was one of the three federal states (the others are Brandenburg and Rhineland-Palatinate ) in which a traffic light coalition was in government (1991 to 1995). The government broke up in February 1995 because of the so-called " birdie affair ".
- Bremen is the first West German state in which Die Linke , at that time still known as Die Linkspartei.PDS , moved into the state parliament (2007).
Footnotes
- ↑ Until 2007 PDS
- ↑ only city of Bremen
- ↑ 80 from Bremen, 20 from Bremerhaven
- ↑ The number of seats was reduced from 100 to 83 on June 1, 2001 through an amendment to the electoral law with the legislative period beginning in 2003.
