2001 Berlin state election

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2001 Berlin state election

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All 141 seats of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,623,338 (68.1%) 2.6%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Klaus Wowereit Frank Steffel Gregor Gysi Party SPD CDU PDS Last election 42 seats, 22.4% 76 seats, 40.8% 33 seats, 17.7% Seats won 44 35 33 Seat change 2 41 0 Popular vote 481,772 385,692 366,292 Percentage 29.7% 23.8% 22.6% Swing 7.3% 17.0% 4.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Günter Rexrodt Sibyll-Anka Klotz Party FDP Greens Last election 0 seats, 2.2% 18 seats, 9.9% Seats won 15 14 Seat change 15 4 Popular vote 160,953 148,066 Percentage 9.9% 9.1% Swing 7.7% 0.8%
Results for single-member constituencies.
Mayor before election Klaus Wowereit SPD Elected Mayor Klaus Wowereit SPD

The 2001 Berlin state election was held on 21 October 2001 to elect the members of the 15th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. Prior to the election, Mayor Klaus Wowereit had led a minority government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens since June, which had replaced a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and SPD which collapsed in June. The SPD–Green government made gains, but remained short of a majority. The SPD first sought to form a traffic light coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens, but were unsuccessful. They subsequently agreed to a government with the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).