2016 Berlin state election
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All 160 seats in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,662,598 (66.9%)
Increase 6.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Klaus Lederer (Martin Rulsch) 1.jpg
Leader Michael Müller Frank Henkel Klaus Lederer
Party SPD CDU Left
Last election 48 seats, 28.3% 39 seats, 23.4% 20 seats, 11.6%
Seats won 38 31 27
Seat change Decrease 10 Decrease 8 Increase 7
Popular vote 352,369 288,002 255,740
Percentage 21.6% 17.6% 15.6%
Swing Decrease 6.7% Decrease 5.7% Increase 3.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ramona Pop Georg Pazderski Sebastian Czaja
Party Greens AfD FDP
Last election 30 seats, 17.6% New party 0 seats, 1.8%
Seats won 27 25 12
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 25 Increase 12
Popular vote 248,243 231,325 109,431
Percentage 15.2% 14.2% 6.7%
Swing Decrease 2.4% New party Increase 4.9%
  Seventh party
 
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Leader Bruno Kramm
Party Pirates
Last election 15 seats, 8.9%
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 15
Popular vote 28,321
Percentage 1.7%
Swing Decrease 7.2%
Results for single-member constituencies.
Mayor before election

Michael Müller
SPD

Elected Mayor

Michael Müller
SPD

The 2016 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2016 to elect the members to the 18th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was defeated, with both parties suffering significant losses. The Left (Die Linke) became the third largest party, while the fourth-placed Greens suffered losses. Alternative for Germany (AfD) won seats for the first time. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) re-entered the Abgeordnetenhaus after falling out in the 2011 election. The Pirate Party, which had achieved state-level representation for the first time in the previous election, lost all of its seats.

After the election, the SPD formed a coalition with The Left and Greens. Mayor Michael Müller was subsequently re-elected.

Opinion polling

Party polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample

size

SPD CDU Grüne Linke Piraten FDP AfD Others Lead
2016 state election 18 Sep 2016 – 21.6 17.6 15.2 15.6 1.7 6.7 14.2 7.4 4.0
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 14–15 Sep 2016 1,420 23 18 15 14.5 – 6.5 14 9 5
Forsa 5–14 Sep 2016 1,005 24 17 17 15 3 5 13 6 7
INSA 5–9 Sep 2016 1,000 22 18 18 14 – 6 14 8 4
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 6–8 Sep 2016 1,334 24 19 15 14 – 5 14 9 5
Infratest dimap 6–7 Sep 2016 1,002 21 19 16 15 – 5 15 9 2
Forsa 16–25 Aug 2016 1,009 24 17 19 17 – 5 10 8 5
Infratest dimap 11–15 Aug 2016 1,001 21 20 17 16 – 5 15 6 1
INSA 2–9 Aug 2016 1,000 23 18 19 15 3 5 14 3 4
Forsa 18–28 Jul 2016 1,002 26 18 20 16 – 5 8 7 6
Infratest dimap 7–11 Jul 2016 1,000 21 20 19 18 – 4 13 5 1
INSA 23 Jun–4 Jul 2016 1,003 21 19 19 18 1 4 14 4 2
Forsa 20–30 Jun 2016 1,001 27 18 19 14 – 6 8 8 8
Infratest dimap 9–13 Jun 2016 1,000 23 18 19 17 – 4 15 4 4
Forsa 17–25 May 2016 1,003 26 18 20 14 3 5 8 6 6
Infratest dimap 4–9 May 2016 1,003 23 19 18 16 – 4 15 5 4
Forsa 18–28 Apr 2016 1,002 27 18 20 14 3 6 7 5 7
Infratest dimap 7–11 Apr 2016 1,000 23 21 17 16 – 5 13 5 2
Forsa 14–23 Mar 2016 1,001 27 19 18 14 2 6 9 5 8
Forsa 15–25 Feb 2016 1,003 29 21 17 14 3 4 7 5 8
Infratest dimap 18–23 Feb 2016 1,004 25 21 19 16 – 4 10 5 4
Forsa 18–28 Jan 2016 1,002 29 20 18 15 3 3 7 5 9
Forsa 7–17 Dec 2015 1,005 29 23 17 14 3 4 5 5 6
Forsa 16–26 Nov 2015 1,001 30 22 18 15 3 3 4 5 8
Infratest dimap 12–16 Nov 2015 1,000 27 23 17 14 2 3 9 5 4
Forsa 19–29 Oct 2015 1,003 29 22 16 17 4 4 3 5 7
Forsa 14–24 Sep 2015 1,001 29 23 18 15 3 2 3 7 6
Forsa 17–27 Aug 2015 1,006 29 23 18 16 4 – 2 8 6
Forsa 21–30 Jul 2015 1,003 29 24 17 15 3 – 3 9 5
Forsa 15–24 Jun 2015 1,001 27 24 17 16 4 – 4 8 3
Forsa 22–28 May 2015 1,005 28 24 16 15 5 – 4 8 4
Forsa 17–29 Apr 2015 1,005 29 25 16 14 4 – 4 8 4
Forsa 18–26 Mar 2015 1,002 29 23 17 15 4 – 4 8 6
Infratest dimap 20–24 Mar 2015 1,001 28 26 18 14 3 – 5 6 2
Forsa 16–26 Feb 2015 1,002 29 25 18 13 3 4 4 4 4
Forsa 19–29 Jan 2015 1,003 27 26 18 14 3 3 5 4 1
Forsa 17–27 Nov 2014 1,009 27 27 19 13 3 – 4 7 Tie
Forsa October 2014 1,003 26 26 19 15 3 – 5 5 Tie
Infratest dimap 20–21 Oct 2014 1,001 27 26 17 16 3 – 7 4 1
Forsa 8–18 Sep 2014 1,007 25 27 18 14 3 – 7 6 2
Forsa 19–28 Aug 2014 1,003 24 29 19 14 4 – 4 6 5
Forsa 21–31 Jul 2014 1,003 21 28 21 15 4 – 4 7 7
Forsa 16–26 Jun 2014 1,003 23 28 19 15 4 – 4 7 5
Forsa 20–28 May 2014 1,008 21 26 19 15 6 – 6 7 5
Infratest dimap 8–12 May 2014 1,001 24 28 16 18 4 – 4 6 4
Forsa 22–30 Apr 2014 1,002 23 30 16 15 5 – 5 6 7
Forsa 17–27 Mar 2014 1,002 23 29 16 18 4 – 3 7 6
Forsa February 2014 1,003 23 27 18 17 4 – 4 7 4
Infratest dimap 7 Feb 2014 800 26 26 18 14 4 – 5 7 Tie
Forsa 20–29 Jan 2014 1,006 26 25 18 15 4 – 4 8 1
Infratest dimap 6–9 Dec 2013 1,000 26 29 16 17 3 – 4 5 3
Forsa December 2013 1,003 26 27 17 15 5 – 4 6 1
Forsa 18–28 Nov 2013 1,001 26 28 17 15 4 – 4 6 2
Forsa 21–31 Oct 2013 1,002 27 27 16 16 3 – 5 6 Tie
Forsa 17–26 Sep 2013 1,003 26 28 19 14 3 – 4 6 2
Infratest dimap 5–9 Sep 2013 1,752 29 26 18 14 5 2 2 4 3
Forsa 20–29 Aug 2013 1,001 25 27 21 12 5 – 4 6 2
Forsa 16–25 Jul 2013 1,005 26 28 22 11 3 – – 10 2
Forsa 19–27 Jun 2013 1,004 27 26 22 12 4 – – 9 1
Infratest dimap 7–10 Jun 2013 1,000 26 29 22 11 4 2 – 6 3
Forsa 21–30 May 2013 1,004 26 26 21 12 4 – – 11 Tie
Forsa 16–25 Apr 2013 1,004 24 28 21 12 5 – – 10 4
Infratest dimap 12–15 Apr 2013 1,001 24 28 21 13 5 2 – 7 4
Forsa 12–21 Mar 2013 1,006 25 27 24 10 5 – – 9 2
Forsa 20–28 Feb 2013 1,002 24 29 24 10 6 – – 7 5
Forsa 21–30 Jan 2013 1,007 25 26 25 10 7 – – 7 1
Forsa 10–20 Dec 2012 1,004 24 27 22 12 6 – – 9 3
Infratest dimap 30 Nov–3 Dec 2012 1,000 25 26 20 14 7 2 – 6 1
Forsa 16–29 Nov 2012 1,008 26 26 22 11 7 – – 8 Tie
Forsa 17–25 Oct 2012 1,002 26 27 19 10 10 – – 8 1
Forsa 18–27 Sep 2012 1,004 26 26 19 10 10 – – 9 Tie
Infratest dimap 14–17 Sep 2012 1,000 27 26 19 12 8 2 – 6 1
Forsa 13–23 Aug 2012 1,007 24 24 20 10 14 – – 8 Tie
Forsa 17–26 Jul 2012 1,004 25 26 18 10 13 – – 8 1
Forsa 18–28 Jun 2012 1,001 26 24 18 11 12 – – 9 2
Infratest dimap 8–11 Jun 2012 1,000 31 25 17 10 10 2 – 5 6
Forsa 14–24 May 2012 1,003 27 22 18 10 15 – – 8 5
Forsa 17–26 Apr 2012 1,005 28 23 16 10 15 – – 8 5
Infratest dimap 13–16 Apr 2012 1,000 29 25 16 10 14 1 – 5 4
Forsa 20–29 Mar 2012 1,008 29 24 15 11 13 – – 8 5
Forsa 23–24 Feb 2012 1,005 29 23 15 10 13 – – 10 6
Forsa 16–26 Jan 2012 1,002 29 22 16 14 10 – – 9 7
Forsa December 2011 ? 28 24 16 11 11 1 – 9 4
Infratest dimap 2–5 Dec 2011 1,000 32 25 16 11 9 2 – 5 7
Forsa 15–24 Nov 2011 1,005 31 24 14 11 10 1 – 9 7
Forsa 18–27 Oct 2011 1,004 29 24 15 11 11 2 – 8 5
Forsa 20–28 Sep 2011 1,008 29 24 15 11 10 2 – 9 5
2011 state election 18 Sep 2011 – 28.3 23.3 17.6 11.6 8.9 1.8 – 8.3 5.0

Election result

Summary of the 18 September 2016 Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin elections results
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Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – SPD		 352,369 21.6 Decrease6.7 38 Decrease10
Christian Democratic Union
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands – CDU		 288,002 17.6 Decrease5.8 31 Decrease8
The Left
Die Linke		 255,740 15.6 Increase4.0 27 Increase7
Alliance '90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 248,243 15.2 Decrease2.4 27 Decrease3
Alternative for Germany
Alternative für Deutschland – AfD		 231,325 14.2 Increase14.2 25 Increase25
Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP		 109,431 6.7 Increase4.9 12 Increase12
Die PARTEI
Partei für Arbeit, Rechtstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative		 31,908 2.0 Increase1.1 – –
Animal Protection Party
Tierschutzpartei		 30,565 1.9 Increase0.4 – –
Pirate Party
Piratenpartei Deutschland		 28,321 1.7 Decrease7.2 – Decrease15
Graue Panther [de]
Allianz Graue Panther Deutschland		 18,135 1.1 Increase1.1 – –
Other parties 40,717 2.4 – – –
Valid votes 1,634,756 98.5% Increase0.1
Invalid votes 25,690 1.5% Decrease0.1
Totals and voter turnout 1,662,598 66.9% Increase6.7 160 Increase8
Electorate 2,485,363 100.00 —
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ "Vorläufiges Ergebnis Berlin Wahl zum Landtag von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern am 18. September 2016" (in German). 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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