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
29 September 1991
All 100 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout370,148 (72.2%)
3.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Klaus Wedemeier
Party SPD CDU Green
Last election 54 seats, 50.5% 25 seats, 23.4% 10 seats, 10.2%
Seats won 41 32 11
Seat change 13 7 1
Popular vote 143,576 113,512 42,096
Percentage 38.8% 30.7% 11.4%
Swing 11.7% 7.3% 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 0 5
Popular vote 36,087 22,878
Percentage 9.5% 6.2%
Swing 0.5% 2.8%
Mayor before election

Klaus Wedemeier
SPD

 Elected Mayor

Klaus Wedemeier
SPD

Parties

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

Summary of the 29 September 1991 election results for the Bürgerschaft of Bremen

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 143,576 38.8 11.7 41 13 41.0
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 113,512 30.7 7.3 32 7 32.0
The Greens (Grüne) 42,096 11.4 1.2 11 1 11.0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 35,087 9.5 0.5 10 ±0 1.0
German People's Union (DVU) 22,878 6.2 2.8 6 5 6.0
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE) 6,157 1.7 New 0 New 0
The Republicans (REP) 5,694 1.5 0.3 0 ±0 0
Others 1,148 0.3 0 ±0 0
Total 370,148 100.0 100 ±0
Voter turnout 72.2 3.4
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%
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