Bremen election: Greens-Frontfau Schaefer resigns – Bovenschulte leaves red-green-red still open

The official projection for the 2023 Bremen election has been published: The SPD is leading, the BiW is upping the ante. Forecasts and developments on the parliamentary elections in the live ticker.

• Bremen election flop for the Greens: top candidate Schaefer throws in the towel
• First projection of the Bremen election: SPD becomes strongest force
• Forecast for the Bremen election: Bovenschulte wins, record result for BiW
• The live ticker for the 2023 Bremen election will be updated continuously.

Update from May 15, 13:00 p.m.: Andreas Bovenschulte, the winner of the SPD election in Bremen, is keeping the coalition question open. The previous red-green-red coalition had "done a good job," said Bovenschulte after a meeting with the presidium of the federal SPD. However, the challenges must always be reassessed. He therefore wants to "put content in the foreground".

"We will hold exploratory talks with all democratic parties," said Bovenschulte, who would also have the option of joining forces with the second-placed CDU. The right-wing populist association Citizens in Fury, which had made significant gains in the election, was explicitly ruled out by the incumbent mayor as a possible coalition partner.

Bovenschulte did not consider the resignation of the Greens' top candidate Maike Schaefer in the face of significant losses in the election to be an obstacle to talks with the previous coalition partner. "From my point of view, this has no significance for the coalition negotiations," he said. "But the Bremen Greens have to clarify this with themselves."

Bremen election flop for the Greens: top candidate Schaefer throws in the towel

Update from May 15, 11:55 a.m.: After the Greens' loss of votes in the state elections in Bremen, top candidate Maike Schaefer will no longer be part of the next state government. She will not be available as a senator in the next legislative period, said the Bremen Environment and Mobility Senator on Monday in Bremen.

The federal party also shifted the main blame to Bremen. "It was a disappointing election and there was also little tailwind from the federal government. However, the national trend was not decisive for the results in Bremen," said Federal Managing Director Emily Büning to the Phoenix TV station.

Election in Bremen: Parties consult each other

Update from May 15, 8:07 a.m.: On Monday, the committees of the federal parties of the SPD, FDP, Left, CDU and Greens in Berlin also want to discuss the result of the election in Bremen. The top candidates at the state level will take part, after which the respective party chairmen will want to comment on it. From 11.30 a.m. there will be press conferences.

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The Greens, who have so far been co-governing in Bremen, have suffered significant losses, so the reaction to this is eagerly awaited. The predicted winner of the election, Bovenschulte (SPD), initially left open whether he wants to continue the previous red-green-red alliance or enter into a coalition with the CDU.

Mayor Bovenschulte (SPD) emerges as the winner of the election. © Sina Schuldt/dpa

Election in Bremen 2023: Left behind Greens in last projection of the night

Update from May 15, 4:20 a.m.: According to official projections, the previous governing party, the SPD, won the state elections in Bremen with 29.9 percent. The second strongest force was the CDU with 25.7 percent, as the state election commission announced early on Monday. According to these figures, the co-governing Greens won 11.7 percent of the vote, while the third coalition partner, the Left Party, achieved 11.2 percent. The right-wing populist regional party Citizens in Anger (BiW) achieved 9.6 percent of the vote and entered the parliament for the first time in parliamentary group strength. The FDP won 5.2 percent of the vote.

The extrapolation based on the counted votes until 0.30 a.m. was representative and the last to be published on Monday night, said a spokeswoman for the state election commission. The projections were to be continued on Monday morning from 10.30 a.m. The provisional official final result should be available after the counting is completed on Wednesday (17 May).

Bremen election: Bovenschulte is pleased with the result

Update from May 14, 23:00 p.m.: Mayor Bovenschulte is relieved about the election result. However, he admits that there is still "room for improvement". "We want to make a good policy in the next four years so that we can further increase the result," said the SPD top candidate at Buten un Binnen. In addition, Bovenschulte emphasizes that the current government of red-green-red has done a good job. Frank Imhoff indicates a willingness to hold exploratory talks with the SPD as the CDU. "If she calls us, we're ready," says Imhoff at Buten un Binnen. "But it's the content that counts," emphasizes the CDU top candidate. The Greens also want to continue governing, Senator Maike Schaefer confirmed in the TV show.

Official projection of the Bremen election confirms SPD as winner

Update from May 14, 22:08 p.m.: According to an initial official projection, the SPD won the state elections in Bremen with 29.2 percent. The second strongest force was the CDU with 25.6 percent, as the state election committee announced on Sunday after counting results until 21.30 p.m. The Greens can count on 12 percent of the vote, the Left 12.1 percent. So far, 9.3 percent have been determined for the citizens in anger, for the FDP 5.2 percent.

Projection of the 2023 Bremen election is here: SPD emerges as the clear winner

Update from May 14, 21:30 p.m.: The long wait has come to an end: the first official projection has arrived. Accordingly, the SPD won the Bremen election. According to the projection of ZDF, the Social Democrats of Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte end up with 29.9 percent, well ahead of the CDU with 26.7 percent.

The Greens are the third strongest force with 11.3 percent, while the Left Party comes in at 10.9 percent. According to the projection, the FDP is at 5.2 percent and could therefore remain in parliament. The local right-wing populist movement Citizens in Anger (BiW) improved very strongly to 9.5 percent. It benefits from the fact that the AfD was not admitted to the election because of internal competing candidate lists. Due to Bremen's complicated electoral system, the provisional official final result is not expected until Wednesday.

Extrapolation of the Bremen election: BiW reaches double-digit value

Update from May 14, 20:45 p.m.: According to the first forecasts of the Bremen election, the Citizens in Anger (BiW) have achieved a double-digit result. Bremen's head of government, Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD), has expressed concern. "This is cause for concern," said the SPD politician on Sunday. However, the group of voters benefited greatly from the absence of the AfD in the election, Bovenschulte said.

Citizens in Anger (BIW) with 10.5 percent in Bremen election

The right-wing populist movement Bürger in Wut (BIW) has achieved 21.5 percent in the Bremen parliamentary election in the city of Bremerhaven, according to the ARD forecast. In the city of Bremen, the BIW achieved 8.5 percent, compared to an average of 10.5 percent in the two-city state.

AfD excluded from Bremen election in 2023 – now they want to consider legal action

Update from May 14, 20:00 p.m.: According to its vice-chairman Stephan Brandner, the AfD wants to consider legal action in the wake of the Bremen election. It had not been admitted for formal reasons after internal quarrels. The party wants to "examine the legal possibilities again and probably exhaust them, so that it is not excluded that the citizens of Bremen will soon be allowed to go to the polls again," Brandner said on Sunday evening on ARD.

After extrapolation of the 2023 Bremen election: Bovenschulte comments on coalition possibilities

Update from May 14, 19:03 p.m.: The state executive of the Bremen SPD wants to make a proposal for exploratory talks to the party in the course of the week. This is what state chairman Reinhold Wetjen told the German Press Agency on the evening of the 2023 Bremen election. There are "good reasons" for a continuation of red-green-red as well as for a possible grand coalition with the CDU. "There are also good reasons to talk to both." The SPD top candidate, Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte, also did not commit himself to a government alliance in a short speech. "How to proceed, we will discuss," he said.

Forecast for Bremen election: First projection shows SPD as clear election winner - Greens collapse

Update from May 14, 18:16 p.m.: Jubilant mood in the SPD, hangover mood in the CDU and Greens: Only a few minutes after the publication of the first projection and forecast for the Bremen election, election winner Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) appears in front of the cameras. "The SPD is back," he shouted to his supporters. "The number 1 in Bremen, that's us." In the case of the Union, meanwhile, the celebratory mood was somewhat more restrained. CDU top candidate Frank Imhoff thanked his supporters and said he was nevertheless a "bit proud". Nevertheless, the CDU no longer remains the strongest force. In the case of the Greens, Maike Schaefer spoke of a "bitter result".

Update vom 14. Mai, 18.15 Uhr: Aus der ersten Prognose ergibt sich folgendeSitzverteilung: CDU 23 Sitze, SPD 28 Sitze, Grüne 11 Sitze, Linke 10 Sitze, BiW 10 Sitze und FDP fünf Sitze.

Ergebnis zur Bremen-Wahl laut Prognose und Hochrechnung im Überblick

Prognose und Hochrechnung zur Bremen-Wahl: SPD gewinnt vor CDU, Bürger in Wut mit Rekordergebnis

Update vom 14. Mai, 18.01 Uhr: Die erste Prognose ist da. Die SPD bleibt laut Zahlen des Meinungsforschungsinstituts infratest dimap in der ARD stärkste Kraft mit 29,5 Prozent, dicht gefolgt von der CDU mit 25,5 Prozent. Dahinter folgen die Grünen (12,5), die Linke (10,5) und die rechtspopulistische Partei Bürger in Wut (10,5), die damit ein Rekordergebnis erzielt haben. Die FDP liegt bei 5,5 Prozent. Ähnlich fällt die Prognose im ZDF aus. Auch da liegt Bürgermeister Andreas Bovenschulte vorn.

Bremen-Wahl 2023: SPD mit Bovenschulte bleibt stärkste Kraft

Update vom 14. Mai, 18.00 Uhr: Die Wahllokale sind geschlossen. Jetzt heißt es: Nur noch kurz warten auf die erste Prognose und Hochrechnung.

Update vom 14. Mai, 17.25 Uhr: Die Bremen-Wahl weckt in ganz Deutschland Interesse: Vor der Bremischen Bürgerschaft stehen mehrere Übertragungswagen von ARD, ZDF und privaten Fernsehsendern. In der Bürgerschaft bereiten sich die Reporterinnen und Reporter auf die Berichterstattung über die ersten Prognosen und Hochrechnungen vor. Politikerinnen und Politiker sind noch nicht vor Ort.

Vor Hochrechnungen bei Wahl in Bremen: Beteiligung etwas geringer als 2019

Update vom 14. Mai, 16.54 Uhr: Vor den Hochrechnungen der Bremen-Wahl gibt es schlechte Neuigkeiten: Nachdem bis 14 Uhr die Wahlbeteiligung im Land Bremen über der im Jahr 2019 lag, hat sich der Trend nun umgekehrt: Bei 44,9 Prozent lag die Wahlbeteiligung der Bremen-Wahl um 16 Uhr, teilt der Landeswahlleiter mit. Das sind zwei Prozentpunkte weniger als 2019. Im Wahlbereich Bremen gingen bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt 45,7 Prozent zur Wahl, in Bremerhaven sind es 41,7.

Bremen-Wahl: Wahlbeteiligung steigt etwas als 2019

Update vom 14. Mai, 15.56 Uhr: In den ersten sechs Stunden haben etwas mehr Wählerinnen und Wähler ihre Stimmen abgegeben als 2019. Um 14 Uhr lag die Beteiligung am Sonntag bei 34,3 Prozent, wie die Landeswahlleitung mitteilte. Briefwahlstimmen sind dabei nicht eingerechnet. Bei der Wahl vor vier Jahren hatte der Wert 33,5 Prozent betragen. Im Wahlbereich Bremen liegt die Beteiligung bei 35,1 Prozent, in Bremerhaven bei 31,3.

Before extrapolating the Bremen election: Bovenschulte expects SPD to be the strongest force in Bremen

Update from May 14, 13:15 p.m.: Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte is counting on the SPD to become the strongest force in the state elections in Bremen. "I think we have a good chance of becoming the strongest political force again, unlike in 2019, and of getting a clear mandate to govern," he said during the vote. Four years ago, for the first time in the history of the state of Bremen, the CDU was ahead. However, the second-placed SPD forged an alliance with the Greens and the Left Party and remained in government.

Andreas Bovenschulte, top candidate of the SPD in Bremen, casts his vote at the polling station. © Sina Schuldt/dpa

Bovenschulte came to the polling station with his partner Kerstin Krüger. He will sit on the terrace in the sun for a while before internal meetings begin and results are expected, he announced.

"It's a bit of an exciting time like it used to be before the presents."

Andreas Bovenschulte voting for the Bremen election

Live ticker for the 2023 Bremen election: SPD ahead of Frank Imhoff according to polls

Update from May 14, 11:15 a.m.: Bremen is electing a new parliament in the state elections today. So far, an alliance of the SPD, the Greens and the Left Party has governed. According to the election polls, Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) can hope for another term in office in Bremen's town hall. According to the latest surveys, the SPD is ahead of the CDU with 29 to 30 percent, which comes to 26 to 28 percent. The top candidate for the Christian Democrats is the president of the state parliament, Frank Imhoff (54), who, according to his own statement, hopes for a similar result as in the Berlin election. At that time, the CDU was clearly ahead of the SPD.

Update from May 14, 8:55 a.m.: In the smallest federal state of Bremen, the state elections have begun. Polling stations opened at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday. Votes can be cast until 18:00 p.m., after which forecasts of the result are expected. 462,000 citizens are allowed to vote for citizenship. The two-city state with Bremen and Bremerhaven has so far been led by a coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the Left Party.

Live ticker for the 2023 Bremen election: all news and information live on election Sunday

First reported on 13 May: Bremen – In the Hanseatic city in the northeast, there has been a firm tradition for decades: Since the end of the Second World War, the SPD has been in power without interruption. Although it was last close in 2019, but in this year's Bremen election 2023 on May 14, the governing mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) and his Social Democrats want to know again and defend his office against the challengers. The chances for the incumbent are not bad, but a total of 16 parties are vying for the favor of voters in Bremen. Who will govern Bremen in the future? This question will probably only know a tendency with the first election forecasts in 2023 around 18 p.m.

Bremen election 2023: Will the SPD beat Frank Imhoff of the CDU?

Since 2019, the motto in Bremen has been red-green-red. Whether this will remain the case in Germany's smallest federal state after the Bremen election – this is what the ballot paper looks like – depends largely on around 450,000 eligible voters who will be able to decide live with their votes on election Sunday who will govern in Bremen in the future. In the run-up to the election of the Bremen Parliament, news and news repeatedly ensured that the impression of a crumbling friendship between the parties could have arisen.

In the two-city state of Bremen (consisting of Bremen and Bremerhaven), the electoral system is considered complicated. The state parliament, the Bremen Parliament, has a total of 87 members. Of these, 72 deputies are elected for the city of Bremen, 15 for Bremerhaven. On election Sunday, all important developments, initial forecasts and news will be shown in the live ticker for the Bremen election.

Bremen election 2023: The most important top candidates and parties in the state election at a glance

• SPD, Andreas Bovenschulte
• CDU, Frank Imhoff
• Linke, Kristina Vogt
• Greens, Maike Schaefer
• FDP, Thore Schäck
• Bürger in Wut (BIW), Piet Leidreiter
• The Party
• The Pirates
• dieBasis
• Basic Income for All (GFA)
• MERA25
• Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)
• Marxist-Leninist Party (MLPD)
• Animal Welfare Party
• Volt
• Party for Orthodox Medical Rejuvenation Research

Poll on the Bremen election shows leadership for SPD – but CDU with Frank Imhoff is hot on its heels

Meanwhile, undecided and first-time voters in the Bremen election have the opportunity to get in the mood for the state election in Bremen and get to know the 16 parties better with the help of the Wahl-o-Mat. In the two-city state of Bremen and Bremerhaven, more than 450,000 eligible voters are called upon to re-elect the state parliament, the Bremen Parliament.

Polls ahead of the 2023 Bremen election suggest values of around 29 to 30 percent for the Social Democrats – again well above their Bremen negative record of 24.9 percent four years ago. The CDU with its top candidate Frank Imhoff is close to the result of 27.26 percent in 7 with poll values around 2019 percent.

Why the AfD is not in the 2023 Bremen election and what the Citizens in Anger (BIW) are all about

In the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Bremen, which will take place on 14 May, the final exclusion of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) caused a nationwide sensation. The state electoral committee has rejected the competing lists of candidates of the party that is at odds with each other. A total of two lists were rejected. Due to a conflict in the AfD in Germany's smallest state, admission to the 2023 state election in Bremen has long been in question. Background: Long before the 2023 Bremen elections, two state associations are already competing to see which of them is legitimate.

Meanwhile, the Citizens in Anger (BIW) Bremen are making headlines ahead of the election to the Bremen Parliament. The party of party chairman Jan Timke is considered right-wing conservative and is only running in the election in Bremen. Thanks to the AfD dispute in Bremen, the party around top candidate Piet Leidreiter was able to make up ground in the polls for the Bremen election.

Bremen election 2023 in the live ticker: When the first election results and projections will be available

The first results and forecasts of the 2023 Bremen election will not be available until around 18 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, but the chances for the CDU have not been bad recently. Top candidate Frank Imhoff could turn out to be a strong challenger to governing mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) on election Sunday. Meanwhile, current polls for the Bremen election showed shortly before the vote was cast that the SPD is still the strongest force in Bremen – but the lead over the CDU is significantly smaller than in previous years.