2019 Bremen state election
The 2019 Bremen state election was held on 26 May 2019 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The election took place on the same day as the 2019 European Parliament election. The Christian Democratic Union became the largest party in the Bürgerschaft, while the Social Democratic Party fell to second place. The Greens and The Left made small gains. After the election, the SPD, Greens, and Left agreed to form a coalition government. Carsten Sieling resigned as mayor and was replaced by fellow SPD member Andreas Bovenschulte.Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.Opinion polls
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample
size | SPD | CDU | Grüne | Linke | FDP | AfD | Others | Lead |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample
size | | | | | | | Others | Lead |
| 26 May 2019 | – | 24.9 | 26.7 | 17.4 | 11.3 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 1.8 |
| 20–23 May 2019 | 1,664 | 24.5 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| 15–20 May 2019 | 1,000 | 23 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 13–15 May 2019 | 1,021 | 24.5 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 5.5 | 8 | 6 | 1.5 |
| 13–15 May 2019 | 1,007 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 25 Apr–2 May 2019 | 1,000 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 Mar–1 Apr 2019 | 1,000 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Tie |
| 24–30 Jan 2019 | 1,000 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 20–23 Aug 2018 | 1,015 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | Tie |
| 22 Jun–2 Jul 2018 | 1,000 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 14–18 May 2018 | 1,003 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 13–18 Apr 2018 | 1,002 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| 2017 federal election | 24 Sep 2017 | – | 26.8 | 25.1 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 4.3 | 1.7 |
| 9–14 Jan 2017 | 1,003 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 Apr–2 May 2016 | 1,000 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 state election | 10 May 2015 | – | 32.8 | 22.4 | 15.1 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 10.4 |
Election result
Summary of the 26 May 2019 election results for the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
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! rowspan="2" | Votes
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! rowspan="2" | Total
seats
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! Bremen
! Bremerhaven
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! align=right colspan=2| Total
! align=right| 1,469,506
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! align=right| 69
! align=right| 15
! align=right| 84
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! align=right| 64.1
! align=right| 13.9
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