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
Turnout	370,148 (72.2%) 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 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	+/–
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	143,576	38.79	-11.7	41	-13
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	113,512	30.67	+7.3	32	+7
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	42,096	11.37	+1.2	11	+1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	35,087	9.48	-0.5	10	±0
	German People's Union (DVU)	22,878	6.18	+2.8	6	+5
	The Grays – Gray Panthers (Graue)	6,157	1.66	New	0	New
	The Republicans (REP)	5,694	1.54	+0.3	0	±0
	Others	1,148	0.31		0	±0
Total		370,148	100.00	–	100	–

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

• Bürgerschaft Bremen seit 1945