Current Composition
| Land | Population | Votes | Coalition | Groupa | Minister-president | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | 10,736,000 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 13Greens and SPD | 02Opposition | Kretschmann, WinfriedWinfried Kretschmann (Greens) | |
| Bavaria | 12,469,000 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 03CSU and FDP | 01Government | Seehofer, HorstHorst Seehofer (CSU) | |
| Berlin | 3,395,000 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 08SPD and CDU | 03neutral | Wowereit, KlausKlaus Wowereit (SPD) | |
| Brandenburg | 2,559,000 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 16SPD and The Left | 02Opposition | Platzeck, MatthiasMatthias Platzeck (SPD) | |
| Bremen | 663,000 | 3 █ █ █ | 12SPD and Greens | 02Opposition | Böhrnsen, JensJens Böhrnsen (SPD) | |
| Hamburg | 1,744,000 | 3 █ █ █ | 09SPD | 02Opposition | Scholz, OlafOlaf Scholz (SPD) | |
| Hesse | 6,092,000 | 5 █ █ █ █ █ | 04CDU and FDP | 01Government | Bouffier, VolkerVolker Bouffier (CDU) | |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1,707,000 | 3 █ █ █ | 08SPD and CDU | 03neutral | Sellering, ErwinErwin Sellering (SPD) | |
| Lower Saxony | 7,994,000 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 04CDU and FDP | 01Government | McAllister, DavidDavid McAllister (CDU) | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 18,058,000 | 6 █ █ █ █ █ █ | 12SPD and Greens | 02Opposition | Kraft, HanneloreHannelore Kraft (SPD) | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 4,059,000 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 12SPD and Greens | 02Opposition | Beck, KurtKurt Beck (SPD) | |
| Saarland | 1,050,000 | 3 █ █ █ | 07CDU and SPD | 03neutral | Kramp-Karrenbauer, AnnegretAnnegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) | |
| Saxony | 4,274,000 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 03CDU and FDP | 01Government | Tillich, StanislawStanislaw Tillich (CDU) | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 2,470,000 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 07CDU and SPD | 03neutral | Haseloff, ReinerReiner Haseloff (CDU) | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 2,833,000 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 14SPD, Greens and SSW | 02Opposition | Albig, TorstenTorsten Albig (SPD) | |
| Thuringia | 2,335,000 | 4 █ █ █ █ | 07CDU and SPD | 03neutral | Lieberknecht, ChristineChristine Lieberknecht (CDU) | |
| Totals | 82,438,000 | 69 |
aThe Länder represented in the Bundesrat are usually summarised in three groups, depending on the parties represented in their government:
- Government: The Government of the Land consists only of parties represented in the federal government; the Land usually votes bills.
- Opposition: The Government of the Land consists only of parties not represented in the federal government; the Land usually opposes bills.
- Neutral: The Government of the Land consists of parties represented in the federal government and of parties not represented there; the Land usually abstains.
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