The Berlin state election, 2006, was held on September 17, 2006, to elect members to the Abgeordnetenhaus

Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin

The Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin is the state parliament for the German state of Berlin, according to the state's constitution. The parliament is based at the building on Niederkirchnerstraße in Mitte which until 1934 was the seat of the lower house of the Preußischer Landtag...

(House of Deputies) of Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

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After the elections the Social Democratic Party under Klaus Wowereit

Klaus Wowereit

Klaus Wowereit is a German politician, member of the SPD , and has been the Mayor of Berlin since the 2001 state elections, where his party won a plurality of the votes, 29.7%. He served as President of the Bundesrat in 2001/02. His SPD-led coalition was re-elected in the 2006 elections...

 and the Left Party formed a coalition government.

Results

The official results of the election are as follows:

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2 valign=top|Parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" alihn-right| Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| %
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| ±
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| Seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right| ±
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|bgcolor="#FF0000"|
|align=left|Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...

|align="right" |424,054
|align="right" |30.8%
|align="right" |+1.1%
|align="right" |53
|align="right" |+9
|-
|bgcolor="#000000"|
|align=left|Christian Democratic Union

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...

|align="right" |294,026
|align="right" |21.3%
|align="right" |−2.5%
|align="right" |37
|align="right" |+2
|-
|bgcolor="#DD0066"|
|align=left|Party of Democratic Socialism
|align="right" |185,185
|align="right" |13.4%
|align="right" |−9.2%
|align="right" |23
|align="right" |−10
|-
|bgcolor="#00FF00"|
|align=left|Alliance '90/The Greens

Alliance '90/The Greens

Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...

|align="right" |180,865
|align="right" |13.1%
|align="right" |+4.0%
|align="right" |23
|align="right" |+9
|-
|bgcolor="#FFFF00"|
|align=left|Free Democratic Party

Free Democratic Party (Germany)

The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...

|align="right" |104,584
|align="right" |7.6%
|align="right" |−2.3%
|align="right" |13
|align="right" |−2
|-
|bgcolor="darkgray"|
|align=left|The Grays - Gray Panther
|align="right" |52,884
|align="right" |3.8%
|align="right" |+2.4%
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|-
|bgcolor="orange"|
|align=left|Labor and Social Justice
|align="right" |40,504
|align="right" |2.9%
|align="right" |+2.9%
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|-
|bgcolor="#884400"|
|align=left|National Democratic Party

National Democratic Party of Germany

The National Democratic Party of Germany – The People's Union , is a far right German nationalist party. It was founded in 1964 a successor to the German Reich Party . Party statements self-identify as Germany's "only significant patriotic force"...

|align="right" |35,229
|align="right" |2.6%
|align="right" |+1.7%
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|-
|bgcolor="lightgray"|
|align=left|Other (incl. The Republicans, The Animal Welfare Party)
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |4.5%
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-
|-
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