# 2014 Brandenburg state election

The 2014 Brandenburg state election was held on 14 September 2014 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left led by Minister-President Dietmar Woidke retained its majority and continued in office.

## Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Brandenburg.
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2009 result | 2009 result |
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Dietmar Woidke | 33.0% | 31 / 88 |
| | Linke | The Left Die Linke | Democratic socialism | Christian Görke | 27.2% | 26 / 88 |
| | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Michael Schierack | 19.8% | 19 / 88 |
| | FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | Andreas Büttner | 7.2% | 7 / 88 |
| | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | Green politics | Ursula Nonnemacher | 5.7% | 5 / 88 |

## Opinion polling

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SPD | Linke | CDU | FDP | Grüne | AfD | Others | Lead |
| 2014 state election | 14 Sep 2014 | – | 31.9 | 18.6 | 23.0 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 12.2 | 6.6 | 8.9 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 10–11 Sep 2014 | 1,062 | 32.5 | 20 | 24 | – | 5.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| Infratest dimap | 2–4 Sep 2014 | 1,003 | 31 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 1–3 Sep 2014 | 1,012 | 33 | 21 | 25 | – | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 22–26 Aug 2014 | 1,001 | 33 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Forsa | 11–18 Aug 2014 | 1,002 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| INSA | 23 Jul–1 Aug 2014 | 500 | 34 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 30 May–2 Jun 2014 | 1,001 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Emnid | 24 Feb–5 Mar 2014 | 1,002 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ? | 7 |
| Forsa | 11–19 Dec 2013 | 1,001 | 34 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 28 Nov–2 Dec 2013 | 1,000 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Infratest dimap | 23–26 Aug 2013 | 1,002 | 33 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| GMS | 12–16 Aug 2013 | 1,006 | 35 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 10 | – | 5 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 24–27 May 2013 | 1,001 | 35 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 9 | – | 6 | 8 |
| Emnid | 21 Jan–1 Feb 2013 | 1,000 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 8 | – | 8 | 13 |
| Forsa | 17–19 Dec 2012 | 758 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 7 | – | 8 | 14 |
| Infratest dimap | 17–19 Sep 2012 | 1,000 | 39 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | 16 |
| GMS | 21–23 Aug 2012 | 1,006 | 35.1 | 20.0 | 24.5 | 3.0 | 7.6 | – | 9.9 | 10.6 |
| Infratest dimap | 16–20 Mar 2012 | 1,000 | 37 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 7 | – | 10 | 15 |
| Infratest Politikforschung | 13–26 Feb 2012 | 1,001 | 38 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | 15 |
| Emnid | 16–25 Jan 2012 | 1,002 | 34 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 8 | – | 11 | 10 |
| Infratest dimap | 6–11 Dec 2011 | 1,004 | 35 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 8 | – | 9 | 10 |
| Infratest dimap | 18–22 Aug 2011 | 1,003 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 11 | – | 7 | 13 |
| Infratest Politikforschung | 28 Feb–6 Mar 2011 | 1,000 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 8 | – | 6 | 11 |
| Infratest dimap | 16–20 Sep 2010 | 1,000 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 12 | – | 6 | 5 |
| Infratest Politikforschung | 15–24 Mar 2010 | 1,000 | 34 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 8 | – | 4 | 6 |
| Infratest dimap | 4–8 Feb 2010 | 1,002 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 8 | – | 6 | 4 |
| Infratest dimap | 1–2 Dec 2009 | 1,000 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 7 | – | 7 | 6 |
| 2009 state election | 27 Sep 2009 | – | 33.0 | 27.2 | 19.8 | 7.2 | 5.6 | – | 7.1 | 5.8 |

## Election result

The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters entered the Landtag despite falling short of the 5% electoral threshold because of the "basic mandate clause" in electoral law, which exempts parties that win at least one direct mandate from the threshold. The BVB/FW leader Christoph Schulze won Teltow-Fläming III, situated south of Berlin, with 27% of first votes. His success was attributed to discontent with the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport in this area, which lies in the designated approach corridor. Schulze's advocacy of a ban on night flights had been the reason for his defection from the ruling SPD (which he had represented in parliament since 1990) to the BVB/FW.
Summary of the 14 September 2014 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % |
| | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 313,177 | 31.9 | 1.1 | 30 | 1 | 34.1 |
| | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 226,844 | 23.0 | 3.2 | 21 | 2 | 23.9 |
| | The Left (Linke) | 183,172 | 18.6 | 8.6 | 17 | 9 | 19.3 |
| | Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 119,989 | 12.2 | New | 11 | New | 12.5 |
| | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 60,762 | 6.2 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 | 6.8 |
| | Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (BVB/FW) | 26,332 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.4 |
| | National Democratic Party (NPD) | 21,619 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| | Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) | 14,593 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 14,389 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | Others | 4,422 | 0.4 | | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 987,299 | 100.0 | | 88 | ±0 | |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | | 47.9 | 19.1 | | | |
Popular Vote
SPD
31.92%
CDU
22.98%
DIE LINKE
18.55%
AfD
12.15%
B'90/GRÜNE
6.15%
BVB/FW
2.67%
NPD
2.19%
PIRATEN
1.48%
FDP
1.46%
Other
0.45% :
Landtag seats
SPD
34.09%
CDU
23.86%
DIE LINKE
19.32%
AfD
12.50%
B'90/GRÜNE
6.82%
BVB/FW
3.41% :
* SPD vote
* CDU vote
* Linke vote
* AfD vote
* Green vote
* FW vote
* NPD vote