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All 83 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen 42 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 291,766 (61.3%) 1.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Bremen state election was held on 25 May 2003 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Mayor Henning Scherf retained its majority and continued in office.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Henning Scherf | 42.6% | 47 / 100
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | 37.1% | 42 / 100
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| Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | 8.9% | 10 / 100
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| DVU | German People's Union Deutsche Volksunion |
German nationalism | 3.0% | 1 / 100
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| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
SPD | CDU | Grüne | DVU | PDS | FDP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 state election | 25 May 2003 | – | 42.3 | 29.8 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 12.5 |
| Infratest dimap | 13–15 May 2003 | 1,000 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 5–8 May 2003 | 1,003 | 38 | 36 | 14 | – | – | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Forsa | 24–30 Apr 2003 | 1,194 | 37 | 38 | 14 | – | – | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Infratest dimap | 25–28 Apr 2003 | 1,000 | 42.5 | 34 | 13 | – | 2 | 4.5 | 4 | 8.5 |
| Infratest | 16 Apr 2003 | ? | 42 | 35 | 13 | – | – | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 1999 state election | 6 June 1999 | – | 42.6 | 37.1 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 123,480 | 42.32 | -0.3 | 40 | -7 | |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 86,819 | 29.76 | -7.3 | 29 | -13 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 37,350 | 12.80 | +3.9 | 12 | +2 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 12,294 | 4.21 | +1.7 | 1 | +1 | |
| German People's Union (DVU) | 6,642 | 2.28 | -0.7 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (PRO) | 12,876 | 4.41 | +4.4 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 4,885 | 1.67 | -1.2 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Others | 7,420 | 2.54 | 2.5 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 291,766 | 100.00 | – | 83 | – | |
