# Politics of Brandenburg

The Politics of Brandenburg takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Brandenburg. The four main parties are the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the populist left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), and the centre-right Christian Democratic Union.
Every five years, all Germans residing in the State over the age of 18 elect the members of the Landtag of Brandenburg. This regional parliament or legislature then elects the Minister-President and confirms the cabinet members.
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) has been the biggest party in every election since 1990 Brandenburg state election.

## List of Minister Presidents of Brandenburg

* 1947 - 1949: Karl Steinhoff (SED, formerly SPD)
* 1949 - 1952: Rudolf Jahn (SED)
* 1990 - 2002: Manfred Stolpe (SPD)
* 2002 - 2013: Matthias Platzeck (SPD)
* Since 2013: Dietmar Woidke (SPD)

## Landtag of Brandenburg
### Party Strength in Landtag

| Election year | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Election year | Total seats | SPD | CDU | PDS | FDP | Grüne | DVU | Linke | BVB/FW | AfD | BSW |
| 1990 | 88 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 1994 | 88 | 52 | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| 1999 | 89 | 37 | 25 | 22 | | | 5 | | | | |
| 2004 | 88 | 33 | 20 | 29 | | | 6 | | | | |
| 2009 | 88 | 31 | 19 | | 7 | 5 | | 26 | | | |
| 2014 | 88 | 30 | 21 | | | 6 | | 17 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 88 | 25 | 15 | | | 10 | | 10 | 5 | 23 | |
| 2024 | 88 | 32 | 12 | | | | | | | 30 | 14 |

### State Landtag Compositions

* 1990 Brandenburg state election
* 1994 Brandenburg state election
* 1999 Brandenburg state election
* 2004 Brandenburg state election
* 2009 Brandenburg state election
* 2014 Brandenburg state election
* 2019 Brandenburg state election
* 2024 Brandenburg state election

### State Election Results Maps

* 1990 Brandenburg state election
* 1994 Brandenburg state election
* 1999 Brandenburg state election
* 2004 Brandenburg state election
* 2009 Brandenburg state election
* 2014 Brandenburg state election
* 2019 Brandenburg state election
* 2024 Brandenburg state election

### Constituencies in the Landtag

| No | Constituency | Member | 2024 | 2019 | 2014 | 2009 | 2004 | 1999 | 1994 |
| 1 | Prignitz I | Jean-René Adam | AfD | SPD | SPD | SPD | PDS | PDS | PDS |
| 2 | Prignitz II/Ostprignitz-Ruppin II | Torsten Arndt | AfD | SPD | SPD | Left | PDS | SPD | SPD |
| 3 | Ostprignitz-Ruppin I | Ulrike Liedtke | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | PDS | | |
| 4 | Ostprignitz-Ruppin III/Havelland II | Kai Berger | AfD | SPD | Left | Left | PDS | | |
| 5 | Havelland I | Johnannes Funke | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 6 | Havelland II | Julia Sahi | SPD | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | | |
| 7 | Oberhavel I | Andreas Noack | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 8 | Oberhavel II | Benjamin Grimm | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 9 | Oberhavel III | Tim Zimmermann | AfD | SPD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 10 | Uckermark III/Oberhavel IV | Andreas Galau | AfD | AfD | CDU | Left | PDS | | |
| 11 | Uckermark I | Felix Teichner | AfD | AfD | SPD | SPD | PDS | | |
| 12 | Uckermark II | Norbert Rescher | AfD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 13 | Barnim I | Roman Kuffert | AfD | SPD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 14 | Barnim II | Steffen John | AfD | BVB/FW | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 15 | Barnim III | Lean Kotré | AfD | AfD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 16 | Brandenburg an der Havel I/Potsdam-Mittelmark I | Udo Wernitz | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 17 | Brandenburg an der Havel II | Brita Kornmesser | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 18 | Potsdam-Mittelmark II | Melanie Balzer | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 19 | Potsdam-Mittelmark III/Potsdam III | Uwe Adler | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU | CDU | | |
| 20 | Potsdam-Mittelmark IV | Sebastian Rüter | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 21 | Potsdam I | Manja Schüle | SPD | Grüne | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 22 | Potsdam II | Daniel Keller | SPD | SPD | Left | Left | SPD | | |
| 23 | Teltow-Fläming I | Marcel Penquitt | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 24 | Teltow-Fläming II | Erik Stohn | SPD | SPD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 25 | Teltow-Fläming III | Ines Seiler | SPD | SPD | BVB/FW | SPD | SPD | | |
| 26 | Dahme-Spreewald I | Tina Fischer | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | | |
| 27 | Dahme-Spreewald II/Oder-Spree I | Ludwig Scheetz | SPD | SPD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 28 | Dahme-Spreewald III | Hans-Christoph Berndt | AfD | AfD | SPD | SPD | PDS | | |
| 29 | Oder-Spree II | Dennis Hohloch | AfD | AfD | CDU | Left | PDS | | |
| 30 | Oder-Spree III | Kathleen Muxel | AfD | AfD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 31 | Märkisch-Oderland I/Oder-Spree IV | Jörg Vogelsänger | SPD | SPD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 32 | Märkisch-Oderland II | Erik Pardeik | AfD | SPD | Left | Left | PDS | | |
| 33 | Märkisch-Oderland III | Lars Günther | AfD | AfD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 34 | Märkisch-Oderland IV | Falk Janke | AfD | AfD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 35 | Frankfurt (Oder) | Wilko Möller | AfD | AfD | Left | Left | PDS | | |
| 36 | Elbe-Elster I | Peter Drenske | AfD | AfD | CDU | Left | PDS | | |
| 37 | Elbe-Elster II | Volker Nothing | AfD | AfD | CDU | CDU | CDU | | |
| 38 | Oberspreewald-Lausitz I | Birgit Bessin | AfD | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | | |
| 39 | Oberspreewald-Lausitz II/Spree-Neiße IV | Fabian Jank | AfD | SPD | SPD | Left | PDS | | |
| 40 | Oberspreewald-Lausitz III/Spree-Neiße III | Daniel Münschke | AfD | AfD | CDU | SPD | SPD | | |
| 41 | Spree-Neiße I | Steffen Kubizki | AfD | SPD | SPD | SPD | PDS | | |
| 42 | Spree-Neiße II | Michael Hanko | AfD | AfD | CDU | Left | PDS | | |
| 43 | Cottbus I | Jean-Pascal Hohm | AfD | AfD | CDU | SPD | SPD | | |
| 44 | Cottbus II | Lars Katzmarek | SPD | AfD | SPD | Left | SPD | | |

## Constituencies in the Bundestag

| No | Constituency | Member | 2021 | Voters | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 |
| 56 | Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I | Wiebke Papenbrock | SPD | 172,726 | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU |
| 57 | Uckermark – Barnim I | Stefan Zierke | SPD | 182,836 | CDU | CDU | Left | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 58 | Oberhavel – Havelland II | Ariane Fäscher | SPD | 249,331 | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 59 | Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II | Simona Koß | SPD | 230,391 | CDU | CDU | Left | SPD | SPD | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election |
| 60 | Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I | Sonja Eichwede | SPD | 202,955 | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 61 | Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II | Olaf Scholz | SPD | 232,797 | SPD | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 62 | Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III | Wiebke Papenbrock | SPD | 252,744 | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election |
| 63 | Frankfurt (Oder) – Oder-Spree | Mathias Papendieck | SPD | 191,387 | CDU | CDU | Left | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU |
| 64 | Cottbus – Spree-Neiße | Maja Wallstein | SPD | 171,267 | CDU | CDU | Left | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU |
| 65 | Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Hannes Walter | SPD | 162,410 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election |

### Bundestag election results

| Election year | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won | % won |
| Election year | % won | CDU | SPD | PDS | FDP | Grüne | NDP | Linke | AfD | BSW |
| 1990 | 100 | 36.3 | 32.9 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 6.6 | | | | |
| 1994 | 100 | 28.1 | 45.1 | 19.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | | | | |
| 1998 | 100 | 20.7 | 43.9 | 20.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | | | | |
| 2002 | 100 | 22.3 | 46.4 | 17.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | | | | |
| 2005 | 100 | 20.6 | 35.8 | | 6.9 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 26.6 | | |
| 2009 | 100 | 23.6 | 25.1 | | 9.3 | 6.1 | | 28.5 | | |
| 2013 | 100 | 34.8 | 23.1 | | 2.5 | 4.7 | | 22.4 | 6.0 | |
| 2017 | 100 | 26.7 | 17.6 | | 7.1 | 5.0 | | 17.2 | 20.2 | |
| 2021 | 100 | 15.3 | 29.5 | | 9.3 | 9.0 | | 8.5 | 18.1 | |
| 2025 | 100 | 18.1 | 14.8 | | 3.2 | 6.6 | | 10.7 | 32.5 | 10.7 |