Bremen state election, 2015

Bremen state election, 2015

May 10, 2015

All 83 seats of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen 42 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jens Böhrnsen Karoline Linnert Jörg Kastendiek Party SPD Green CDU Last election 38.6% 22.5% 20.4% Seats before 36 21 20   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Cornelia Barth Christoph Spehr Jan Timke Party Left BIW Last election 5.6% 3.7% Seats before 5 1

Mayor before election Jens Böhrnsen SPD Elected Mayor TBD

A Bremen state election will be held on May 10, 2015,^[1] to elect the Bürgerschaft (city and state legislature).^[2]

Suffrage

All Germans who have lived in Bremen for at least three months prior to the election are eligible to vote. As of the last election, the voting age is 16, the eligibility age 18.

Electoral system

As of 2011, Bremen has a new electoral system. Each voter may distribute five votes among party lists or candidate inscribed in them. (Cumulative voting and Panachage).^[3]

Pre-election standings

Following the election in 2011, the Social Democrats and Greens continued their coalition government from the previous legislative period. The composition changed several times since the last election following the death of Renate Möbius, Martin Korol took her place in the SPD caucus. He later left the party and sat as an independent before joining the Citizens in Rage. For the CDU, Oğuzhan Yazıcı replaced Elisabeth Motschmanns when she was elected to the Bundestag. There were personnel changes in the caucus of Alliance '90/The Greens as well.

Opinion polls

References

Elections and referendums in Bremen Elections 1919 1920 1921 1923 1924 1927 1930 1933 1946 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Referendums 1921 1932