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 the Landtag Election yearTotalseatsSeats wonSPDCDUPDSFDPGrüneDVULinkeBVB/FWAfDBSW19908836271366199488521818199989372522520048833202962009883119752620148830216173112019882515101052320248832123014
Legislative compositions
State election results maps
Constituencies in the Landtag NoConstituencyMember2024201920142009200419991994 1 Prignitz I Jean-René Adam AfD SPD SPD SPD SPD 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 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 Lena 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 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 38 Oberspreewald-Lausitz I Birgit Bessin AfD 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 Kubitzki 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 NoConstituencyMember2021Voters20172013200920052002199819941990 56 Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I Wiebke Papenbrock SPD 172,726 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD CDU 57 Uckermark – Barnim I Stefan Zierke SPD 182,836 CDU Left SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD 58 Oberhavel – Havelland II Ariane Fäscher SPD 249,331 CDU SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD 59 Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II Simona Koß SPD 230,391 CDU Left SPD SPDCreated 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 SPD SPD SPDCreated for 2002 election 63 Frankfurt (Oder) – Oder-Spree Mathias Papendieck SPD 191,387 Left SPD SPD SPD SPD CDU 64 Cottbus – Spree-Neiße Maja Wallstein SPD 171,267 Left SPD SPD SPD SPD CDU 65 Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz Hannes Walter SPD 162,410 CDU SPD SPDCreated for 2002 election
Bundestag election results Election year% won% wonCDUSPDPDSFDPGrüneNDPLinkeAfDBSW199010036.332.911.09.76.6199410028.145.119.32.62.9199810020.743.920.02.83.4200210022.346.417.25.84.5200510020.635.86.95.13.226.6200910023.625.19.36.128.5201310034.823.12.54.722.46.0201710026.717.67.15.017.220.2202110015.329.59.39.08.518.1202510018.114.83.26.610.732.510.7
See also Landtag of Brandenburg List of electoral districts in the Landtag of Brandenburg 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 New states of Germany Politics of East Germany
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