2024 Brandenburg local elections
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The 2024 Brandenburg local elections were held on June 9, 2024 to elect members of Brandenburg's 14 district councils and 4 independent city councils. Voters also elected members of 409 municipal councils. The elections were held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.
Results
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) placed first, followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD). The election marked the first time the AfD had placed first in local elections in Brandenburg. Die Linke experienced the largest decline in both votes and seats, achieving its highest share of the vote in Frankfurt an der Oder. The Social Democratic Party also experienced a modest decline in support, and was strongest in the cities of Cottbus and Potsdam. The election also marked the first time that both Volt Germany and the Third Way won district council seats. The newly-formed Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) opted not to participate in the elections, although party leader Sahra Wagenknecht claimed that several BSW members were standing for election as members of local voters' associations.[1]
| Party | Votes (Overall) | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
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| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 1,051,634 | 25.74 | 9.84 | 248 | 95 | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 787,192 | 19.27 | 1.01 | 184 | 6 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 677,391 | 16.58 | 1.09 | 153 | 11 | |
| Die Linke | 319,573 | 7.82 | 6.26 | 74 | 60 | |
| Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (BVB/FW) | 302,858 | 7.41 | 1.09 | 67 | 7 | |
| Local voters' associations | 277,554 | 6.79 | 2.60 | 65 | 24 | |
| The Greens (Grüne) | 272,691 | 6.67 | 4.39 | 59 | 39 | |
| Farmers' associations | 145,996 | 3.57 | 0.06 | 36 | 1 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 132,529 | 3.24 | 1.70 | 29 | 17 | |
| Die PARTEI | 39,472 | 0.97 | 0.43 | 7 | 2 | |
| Independents | 22,452 | 0.55 | – [a] | 4 | – [b] | |
| Animal Protection Party | 21,553 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 4 | 3 | |
| Pirate Party Germany | 20,639 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 4 | 0 | |
| The Homeland | 6,207 | 0.15 | 0.42 | 2 | 3 | |
| Volt Germany | 5,503 | 0.13 | New | 1 | New | |
| Third Way | 2,449 | 0.06 | New | 1 | New | |
| Total | 4,085,693[c] | 938 | 0 | |||
| Voter turnout | 1,406,103 | 66.03 | 7.61 | |||
| Eligible voters | 2,129,602 | |||||
References
- ^ Data for previous elections combines indepedents with local voters' associations
- ^ Data for previous elections combines indepedents with local voters' associations
- ^ Local elections in Brandenburg use a panachage cumulative voting system, meaning that the total number of votes can be up to three times the number of voters
- ^ "Kommunalwahl in Brandenburg: BSW tritt nicht als eigenständige Partei an". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ "Stimmenanteile sowie Gewinne/Verluste und Sitze im Land Brandenburg: Kreistagswahlen/Wahlen der Stadtverordnetenversammlungen der kreisfreien Städte" (in German). 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-23.