The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (German: Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler; BVB/Free Voters or BVB/FW) is a political party in Brandenburg in eastern Germany. The party was co-founded in 2008 by Péter Vida, who serves as chairman. It cooperates with the federal Free Voters association, but is not a member.[2] The party describes itself as "a statewide association of independent municipal voter groups and citizens' initiatives in the state of Brandenburg".[3]
The BVB/FW is active on a local and state level. Its first major success came in the 2014 Brandenburg state election, where it won 2.7% of votes cast and three seats due to the victory of Christoph Schulze, a former SPD member of the Landtag, in his constituency of Teltow-Fläming III.[4] In the 2019 Brandenburg state election, the BVB/FW won 5.05% of the state vote and five seats. Chairman Péter Vida also won the constituency of Barnim II.[5]
Election results
Landtag of Brandenburg
| Year | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 2009 | 23,296 | 1.7 (#7) | 0 / 88
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| 2014 | 26,332 | 2.7 (#6) | 3 / 88
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| 2019 | 63,851 | 5.0 (#6) | 5 / 88
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References
- ^ "Londesvorstand". BWB/FW.
- ^ a b c "Freie Wähler in Brandenburg: Peter Vida will wieder in den Landtag". Der Spiegel. 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Landtagswahlprogramm". BVB/FW.
- ^ "Der Landeswahlleiter – Brandenburger Wahlergebnisse – Landtagswahl 2014".
- ^ "Der Landeswahlleiter – Brandenburger Wahlergebnisse – Landtagswahl 2019".