The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (BVB/Free Voters; German: Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler, BVB/FW), also known as Die Orangen (German for The Oranges) since 2023, is a political party in Brandenburg in eastern Germany. The party was co-founded in 2008 by Péter Vida, who serves as chairman. It cooperates with the federal Free Voters association, but is not a member. The party describes itself as "a statewide association of independent municipal voter groups and citizens' initiatives in the state of Brandenburg".
The BVB/FW is active on a local and state level. Its first major success came in the 2014 Brandenburg state election, where it won 2.7% of votes cast and three seats due to the victory of , a former SPD member of the Landtag, in his constituency of Teltow-Fläming III. In the 2019 Brandenburg state election, the BVB/FW won 5.05% of the state vote and five seats. Chairman Péter Vida also won the constituency of Barnim II.
Election results Landtag of Brandenburg Year Votes % Seats +/– 2009 23,296 1.7 (#7) 2014 26,332 2.7 (#6) 3 2019 63,851 5.0 (#6) 22024 38,596 2.6 (#7) 5
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