2015 Bremen state election

2015 Bremen state election
10 May 2015
All 83 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,168,352 (50.2%)
5.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jens Böhrnsen Elisabeth Motschmann Karoline Linnert
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 36 seats, 38.6% 20 seats, 20.4% 21 seats, 22.5%
Seats won 29 20 14
Seat change 7 0 7
Popular vote 383,509 261,929 176,807
Percentage 32.8% 22.4% 15.1%
Swing 5.8% 2.0% 7.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristina Vogt Lencke Wischhusen Christian Schäfer
Party Left FDP AfD
Last election 5 seats, 5.6% 0 seats, 2.4% Did not exist
Seats won 8 6 4
Seat change 3 6 4
Popular vote 111,485 76,754 64,368
Percentage 9.5% 6.6% 5.5%
Swing 3.9% 4.2% New party
  Seventh party
 
Leader Jan Timke
Party Citizens in Rage
Last election 1 seat, 3.7%
Seats won 1
Seat change 0
Popular vote 37,759
Percentage 3.2%
Swing 0.5%
Government before election

Third Böhrnsen senate
SPD–Green

 Government after election

Sieling senate
SPD–Green

The 2015 Bremen state election was held on 10 May 2015 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens retained its majority. However, Mayor and SPD leader Jens Böhrnsen resigned due to his party's poor performance, which was significantly below expectations. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Carsten Sieling.

Analysts expressed surprise about the low turnout (just 50.1%), the lowest since 1945 in a west German state, and concern about a particularly low turnout in impoverished areas, which was seen as an indication of disillusionment with politics in these demographics.

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