Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters

(Redirected from Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler) Political party in Germany

Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler

Regional Chairman	Péter Vida
Deputy Chairpersons	Ilona Nicklisch Bernd Albers Heika Selka
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Jahnstraße 52 16321 Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg
Ideology	Regionalism
Colours	Orange and blue
Landtag of Brandenburg	0 / 88
Website
www.bvb-fw.de
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The Brandenburg United Civic Movements/Free Voters (BVB/Free Voters; German: Brandenburger Vereinigte Bürgerbewegungen/Freie Wähler, BVB/FW), also known as Die Orangen (German for The Oranges) since 2023, 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. The party describes itself as "a statewide association of independent municipal voter groups and citizens' initiatives in the state of Brandenburg".

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 [de], a former SPD member of the Landtag, in his constituency of Teltow-Fläming III. 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.

Election results

Landtag of Brandenburg

Year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2009	23,296	1.7 (#7)	0 / 88
2014	26,332	2.7 (#6)	3 / 88	3
2019	63,851	5.0 (#6)	5 / 88	2
2024	38,596	2.6 (#7)	0 / 88	5

References

"Londesvorstand". BWB/FW.
^ "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".

Political parties in Germany

Represented in the Bundestag
(733 seats)

SPD (206)
CDU (153)
The Greens (117)
FDP (90)
AfD (77)
CSU (43)
The Left (28)
BSW (10)
SSW (1)
BD (1)

Represented in the
European Parliament
(96 seats for Germany)

Major parties	CDU (23) AfD (15) SPD (14) The Greens (12) CSU (6) BSW (6) FDP (5) The Left (3) FW (3)
Minor parties	Volt (3) Die PARTEI (2) PMUT (1) ÖDP (1) Family Party (1) Party of Progress (1)

Represented in the
16 state parliaments
(1,893 seats)

Major parties	SPD (458, 16/16) CDU (523, 15/16, not in Bavaria) AfD (275, 14/16) The Greens (291, 13/16) FDP (80, 9/16) The Left (66, 7/16) BSW (47, 6/16) FW (43, 3/16)
Regional parties	CSU (85; only in Bavaria) SSW (4; only in Schleswig-Holstein)
Minor parties	BD (7; in Bremen) Values Union (1; in Lower Saxony)

Minor parties
(without representation
at the state level or above)

Notes:

CDU: does not participate in state elections in Bavaria; instead, an associated party CSU participates here.
AfD: is currently not in the state parliaments of Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein.
The Greens: are currently not in the state parliaments of Brandenburg, Saarland and Thuringia.
FDP: is currently only in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt, and Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left: is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.
BSW: is currently only in the state parliaments of Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, and Thuringia.
Free Voters (FW): are currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony.

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