Roderich Egeler
President of the Federal Statistical Office
Press release April 23, 2009
2009 European Election: order of parties on the ballot papers not the same everywhere in Germany
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Returning Officer, the order in which parties are listed on the ballot papers to be used in the election to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009 is not the same everywhere in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The order in which nominations are listed on the ballot papers is laid down in the European Elections Act. For any individual Land, that order is based on the number of votes cast for the parties and other political associations in the latest European election of 2004 in the Land concerned. Nominations of parties and political associations which did not participate in the latest European election follow in alphabetical order of names.
Place no. 1 on the list is occupied by the CDU in 13 Länder, in Bayern by the CSU, in Brandenburg by the party DIE LINKE and in Bremen by the SPD. The second rank goes to the SPD in nine Länder, to the party DIE LINKE in four Länder (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen), to the CDU in two Länder (Brandenburg and Bremen) and to DIE GRÜNEN in Berlin. Place no. 3 on the list is taken by DIE GRÜNEN in ten Länder and by the SPD in Berlin and in the five new Länder. The fourth rank is occupied by the FDP in eleven Länder, by DIE GRÜNEN in four Länder (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen and Sachsen-Anhalt) and by the party DIE LINKE in Berlin.
A complete overview of the ballot papers of all Länder is available on the website of the Federal Returning Officer.
For further information please contact:
Karina Schorn,
tel: (+49-611) 75-2317,
email: bundeswahlleiter@destatis.de