1991 Bremen state election

The 1991 Bremen state election was held on 29 September 1991 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Mayor Klaus Wedemeier lost its majority, suffering an 11.7-point swing against it. The SPD subsequently formed a traffic light coalition with The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), and Wedemeier was re-elected as Mayor.

1991 Bremen state election

← 1987 29 September 1991 1995 →

All 100 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout370,148 (72.2%)
Decrease 3.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Klaus Wedemeier
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 54 seats, 50.5% 25 seats, 23.4% 10 seats, 10.2%
Seats won 41 32 11
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 7 Increase 1
Popular vote 143,576 113,512 42,096
Percentage 38.8% 30.7% 11.4%
Swing Decrease 11.7% Increase 7.3% Increase 1.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party FDP DVU
Last election 10 seats, 10.0% 1 seats, 3.4%
Seats won 10 6
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 5
Popular vote 36,087 22,878
Percentage 9.5% 6.2%
Swing Decrease 0.5% Increase 2.8%

Mayor before election

Klaus Wedemeier
SPD

Elected Mayor

Klaus Wedemeier
SPD

Parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1987 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Klaus Wedemeier 50.5%
54 / 100
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy 23.4%
25 / 100
Grüne The Greens
Die Grünen
Green politics 10.2%
10 / 100
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 10.0%
10 / 100
DVU German People's Union
Deutsche Volksunion
German nationalism 3.4%
1 / 100

Election result

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Summary of the 29 September 1991 election results for the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
 
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party (SPD)143,57638.79-11.741-13
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)113,51230.67+7.332+7
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)42,09611.37+1.211+1
Free Democratic Party (FDP)35,0879.48-0.510±0
German People's Union (DVU)22,8786.18+2.86+5
The Grays – Gray Panthers (Graue)6,1571.66New0New
The Republicans (REP)5,6941.54+0.30±0
Others1,1480.310±0
Total370,148100.00100
Popular Vote
SPD
38.79%
CDU
30.67%
GRÜNE
11.37%
FDP
9.48%
DVU
6.18%
Other
3.51%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
41.00%
CDU
32.00%
GRÜNE
11.00%
FDP
10.00%
DVU
6.00%

References

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