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{{Infobox election
| election_name     = 2009 Besmenian federal election
| country           = [[Besmenia]]
| flag_year         = 
| flag_image        = Flag of Besmenia.png
| type              = parliamentary <!-- presidential, parliamentary, legislative, primary, or by-election --><!-- MANDATORY, and limited to the preceding five types -->
| vote_type         = Popular <!-- default -->
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| previous_year     = [[2005 Besmenian federal election|2005]]
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| election_date     = 6 September 2009<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
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| next_year         = [[2012 Besmenian federal election|2012]]
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| seats_for_election= 427 seats
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| party1            = [[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party|FBBP]]
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| candidate2        = [[Franz Bauer]]<!-- any type of election -->
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| party2            = [[Besmenian People's Party|BVP]]
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| nominee3          = <!-- presidential only, when appropriate, candidate2 can be used instead -->
| candidate3        = [[Angelika Kahmwald]]<!-- any type of election -->
| leader3           = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
| party3            = [[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|SDU]]
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| candidate4        = [[Alexander von Wiest]]<!-- any type of election -->
| leader4           = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
| party4            = [[National Besmenian Party|NBP]]
| alliance4         = 

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| candidate5        = [[Sebastian Bergmann]]<!-- any type of election -->
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| party5            = [[Green Party of Besmenia|GPB]]
| alliance5         = 

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| leaders_seat5     = [[Metakumburg]]
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| nominee6          = <!-- presidential only, when appropriate, candidate2 can be used instead -->
| candidate6        = [[Erik Schwan]]<!-- any type of election -->
| leader6           = <!-- legislative or parliamentary only-->
| party6            = [[Party of the Besmenian Left|PBL]]
| alliance6         = 

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}}
The '''2009 Besmenian federal election''' in [[Besmenia]] took take place on September 6, 2009. It was the election of the 23th [[Federal Chamber (Besmenia)|Federal Chamber]].
==Background==
The FBBP-SDU coalition government formed after the [[2001 Besmenian federal election]] lost its absolute majority in the [[2005 Besmenian federal election|2005 election]]. After the 2005 election, the FBBP formed a joint government coalition with the BVP, the first collaboration between the two parties at the federal level.

After the SDU left the federal government, SDU chairman [[Rudolf Dietrich]] announced his resignation as party leader in November 2005. [[Angelika Kahmwald]] became his successor.

==Electoral system==
===Date===
==Contesting parties==
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Name
! rowspan="2"| Ideology
! rowspan="2"| Party leader
! rowspan="2"| Prime Minister candidate
! colspan="2"| 2005 result
|-
! Votes (%)
! Seats in the Federal Chamber
|-
| bgcolor=#FFFF00|
| align=center| '''FBBP'''
| [[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party]]<br />{{small|''Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei''}}
| {{wpl|Liberalism}} <br> {{wpl|Social liberalism}}
| [[Ursula Kummstein]]
| Ursula Kummstein
| align=center| 31,2% 
| {{Composition bar|137|427|#FFFF00}}
|-
| bgcolor=#0F0FFF|
| align=center| '''BVP'''
| [[Besmenian People's Party]]<br />{{small|''Besmenische Volkspartei''}}
| {{wpl|Christian Democracy}} <br> {{wpl|Conservatism}}
| [[Franz Bauer]]
| Franz Bauer
| align=center| 26,4%
| {{Composition bar|115|427|#0F0FFF}}
|-
| bgcolor=#FF0000|
| align=center| '''SDU'''
| [[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|Social Democratic Union]]<br />{{small|''Sozialdemokratische Union''}}
| {{wpl|Social democracy}}
| [[Angelika Kahmwald]]
| Angelika Kahmwald
| align=center| 13,9%
| {{Composition bar|61|427|#FF0000}}
|-
| bgcolor=#00CED1|
| align=center| '''NBP'''
| [[National Besmenian Party]]<br />{{small|''Nationale Besmenische Partei''}}
| {{wpl|National conservatism}} <br> {{wpl|Right-wing populism}}
| [[Alexander von Wiest]]
| Alexander von Wiest
| align=center| 10,5%
|{{Composition bar|46|427|#00CED1}}
|-
| bgcolor=#32CD32|
| align=center| '''GPB'''
| [[Green Party of Besmenia]]<br />{{small|''Grüne Partei Besmeniens''}}
| {{wpl|Green politics}} <br> {{wpl|Social liberalism}}
| [[Sebastian Bergmann]]
| Sebastian Bergmann
| align=center| 9,8%
| {{Composition bar|43|427|#32CD32}}
|-
| bgcolor=#CE3200|
| align=center| '''PBL'''
| [[Party of the Besmenian Left]]<br />{{small|''Partei der Besmenischen Linken''}}
| {{wpl|Democratic Socialism}} <br> {{wpl|Left-wing populism}}
| [[Erik Schwan]]
| Erik Schwan
| align=center| 5,8%
| {{Composition bar|25|427|#CE3200}}
|-
|}

==Prime Minister candidate of the parties==
===FBBP===
===BVP===
===SDU===
===NBP===
===GPB===
===PBL===
==Campaign==
===TV debates===
[[BRF|Besmenian Rundfunk]]'s election coverage began on July 28, 2009 with a television confrontation between [[Franz Bauer]] (BVP) and [[Alexander von Wiest]] (NBP). This was the first of twelve debate programs in which the top candidates from two parliamentary parties sat face to face. Moderator [[Kerstin Hochmann]] asked the questions.

Also one week before the election, a television debate was broadcast on [[BRF 2]] with parties that were not represented in parliament, representatives of [[Besmenian Libertarian Party|BELP]], [[Centre Alliance of Besmenia|ZAB]] and [[Communist Party of Besmenia|KPB]] took part.

==Results==
{{Parliament diagram
|title=Seat ratio in the 23rd Federal Chamber
|width=200
|height=200
|float = right
|n1=221|p1=[[Third Kummstein cabinet|Federal government]]|c1=#FFFF00
|n2=206|p2=Opposition|c2=#FF0000 
}}

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|colspan="5"|{{Parliament diagram
|n1= 34|c1=#CE3200
|n2= 56|c2=#FF0000
|n3= 44|c3=#32cd32
|n4= 121|c4=#FFFF00
|n5= 100|c5=#0F0FFF
|n6= 22|c6=#000080
|n7= 50|c7=#00ced1
}}
|-
!colspan=2 rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"|Party
!rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"|Votes
!rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"|%
!rowspan="1" style="width:60px;"|Seats
|-
|
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00"| ||align=left|[[Free Besmenian Citizen's Party]]||14,650,183||27,7||121
|-
|style="background:#0F0FFF"| ||align=left|[[Besmenian People's Party]]||12,058,634||22,8||100
|-
|style="background:#FF0000"| ||align=left|[[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|Social Democratic Union]]||6,769,759||12,8||56
|-
|style="background:#00CED1"| ||align=left|[[National Besmenian Party]]||6,082,206||11,5||50
|-
|style="background:#32CD32"| ||align=left|[[Green Party of Besmenia]]||5,394,652||10,2||44
|-
|style="background:#CE3200| ||align=left|[[Party of the Besmenian Left]]||4,178,211||7,9||34
|-
|style="background:#000080| ||align=left|[[Alliance Kurt Bohlmann]]||2,644,437||5,0||22
|-
|style="background:#D3D3D3"| ||align=left|Other parties||1,110,663||2,1||0
|-
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''52,888,748'''||'''100'''||'''427'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||||||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||63,867,842||82,81||–
|}
{{Bar box
| title    = Popular vote
| titlebar = #ddd
| width    = 600px
| barwidth = 410px
| bars     = 
{{Bar percent|FBBP|#FFFF00|27.7}}
{{Bar percent|BVP|#0F0FFF|22.8}}
{{Bar percent|SDU|#FF0000|12.8}}
{{Bar percent|NBP|#00CED1|11.5}}
{{Bar percent|GPB|#32CD32|10.2}}
{{Bar percent|PBL|#CE3200|7.9}}
{{Bar percent|AKB|#000080|5.0}}
{{Bar percent|Other parties|#D3D3D3|2.1}}
}}

==Government formation==
{| class="wikitable float-right"
! style="background:#ECECEC"|Coalitions considered
! style="background:#ECECEC"|Seats
|-
|'''Total seats''' || '''427'''
|-
|colspan="2"| '''''Absolute majority (From 214 seats)'''''
|-
| {{colorbox|#FFFF00}} {{colorbox|#0F0FFF}} '''FBBP, BVP'''|| '''221'''
|-
| {{colorbox|#FFFF00}} {{colorbox|#FF0000}} {{colorbox|#32CD32}} FBBP, SDU, GPB|| 221
|}

==Aftermatch==
[[Category: Besmenia]]