2026 Berlin state election

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The 2026 Berlin state election was held on 20 September 2026 to elect the 20th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The 2026 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election took place on the same day, two weeks after the 2026 Saxony-Anhalt state election. Due to numerous irregularities in the 2021 Berlin state election, it was ruled invalid and repeated in 2023 in which members were elected only for the remainder of the term. Kai Wegner has served as Governing Mayor of Berlin since April 2023, leading the CDU-SPD Wegner senate, but has received criticism and was not seeking re-election as mayor. The parties of the outgoing government—the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD)—as well as the Greens, lost about a third of their support. Meanwhile, The Left and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) doubled their share, and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) failed to secure any seats. The Left became the largest party in a state for the second time, after the 2019 Thuringian state...

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