Election Name: | 1995 Bremen state election |
Country: | Bremen |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1991 Bremen state election |
Previous Year: | 1991 |
Next Election: | 1999 Bremen state election |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | 14 May 1995 |
Turnout: | 344,440 (68.6%) 3.6% |
Leader1: | Klaus Wedemeier |
Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election1: | 41 seats, 38.8% |
Seats1: | 37 |
Popular Vote1: | 115,001 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Percentage1: | 33.4% |
Swing1: | 5.4% |
Leader2: | Ulrich Nölle |
Party2: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Last Election2: | 32 seats, 30.7% |
Seats2: | 37 |
Popular Vote2: | 112,301 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Percentage2: | 32.6% |
Swing2: | 1.9% |
Party4: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Last Election4: | 11 seats, 11.4% |
Seats4: | 14 |
Popular Vote4: | 44,977 |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Percentage4: | 13.1% |
Swing4: | 1.7% |
Colour5: | 63B8FF |
Last Election5: | Did not exist |
Seats5: | 12 |
Seat Change5: | 12 |
Popular Vote5: | 36,735 |
Percentage5: | 10.7% |
Swing5: | New party |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Klaus Wedemeier |
Before Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
After Election: | Henning Scherf |
After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
The 1995 Bremen state election was held on 14 May 1995 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent coalition was a traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), The Greens, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Mayor Klaus Wedemeier. The coalition was defeated as the FDP lost its representation in the Bürgerschaft. The SPD narrowly remained the most popular party, though they tied with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in number of seats won. The major winner of the election was Labour for Bremen and Bremerhaven (AFB), a splinter from the SPD formed in January 1995 which espoused economic liberalism. The party entered the Bürgerschaft with 10.7% of votes cast and 12 seats.
After the election, Mayor Wedemeier resigned. The SPD and CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition under new SPD Mayor Henning Scherf.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1991 result | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Klaus Wedemeier | 38.8% | |||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Ulrich Nölle | 30.7% | |||
bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 11.4% | ||||
bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 9.5% | ||||
bgcolor= | DVU | German People's Union | German nationalism | 6.2% |