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

Dietmar Woidke, incumbent Minister President

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
		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

State Election Results Maps

Constituencies in the Landtag

	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

	Constituency	Member^[1]	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
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
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

References

^ https://www.bundestag.de/en/members

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