Citizens for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Political party in Germany

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Citizens for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Bürger für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, BMV) was a regionalist political party in Germany based in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They were founded from a split in the faction of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state parliament.^[4] They had described themselves as a "conservative & regional party" and had compared themselves to the Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria.^[5] They had four seats in the regional parliament before merging into the Free Voters.

References

^ ^a ^b AfD-Aussteiger gründen neue Partei NDR.de
^ "Neue Partei "Bürger für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" gegründet | SVZ". 11 May 2022.
^ "Nachrichten aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern".
^ "Landtag: Spaltung der AfD-Landtagsfraktion". focus.de.
^ Neue Partei „Bürger für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern“ gegründet SVZ.de

Political parties in Germany

Represented in the Bundestag
(735 seats)

SPD (206)
CDU (152)
The Greens (118)
FDP (91)
AfD (80)
CSU (45)
The Left (28)
BSW (10)
SSW (1)

Represented in the European Parliament
(96 seats for Germany)

Major parties	SPD (16) CDU (23) The Greens (21) FDP (5) AfD (9) CSU (6) The Left (5) Free Voters (2)
Minor parties	Die PARTEI (1) ÖDP (1) Family Party (1) Bündnis Deutschland (1) Pirate Party (1) Volt (1)

Represented in the 16 state parliaments

Major parties	SPD (16/16) CDU (15/16; not in Bavaria) The Greens (15/16) FDP (12/16) AfD (15/16) The Left (8/16) Free Voters (2/16)
Regional parties	CSU (85; only in Bavaria) BVB/Free Voters (5; only in Brandenburg) SSW (4; only in Schleswig-Holstein) BD (9; only in Bremen and Saxony) BfTh (2; only in Thuringia)

Minor parties (without representation
above the district level)

Notes:

CDU: does not participate in the state election in Bavaria; instead, an associated party CSU is participating here.
Greens: are currently not in the state parliament of the Saarland
FDP: is currently not in state parliaments of Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saarland and Saxony.
AfD: is currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left: is currently not in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.
Free Voters: are currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.