2003, bremen, state, election, held, 2003, elect, members, bürgerschaft, bremen, well, city, councils, bremen, bremerhaven, incumbent, grand, coalition, social, democratic, party, christian, democratic, union, mayor, henning, scherf, retained, majority, contin. The 2003 Bremen state election was held on 25 May 2003 to elect the members of the Burgerschaft 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 2003 Bremen state election 1999 25 May 2003 2007 All 83 seats in the Burgerschaft of Bremen42 seats needed for a majorityTurnout291 766 61 3 1 2 First party Second party Third party Leader Henning Scherf Party SPD CDU Greens Last election 47 seats 42 6 42 seats 37 1 10 seats 8 9 Seats won 40 29 12 Seat change 7 13 2 Popular vote 123 480 86 819 37 350 Percentage 42 3 29 8 12 8 Swing 0 3 7 3 3 9 Fourth party Fifth party Party FDP DVU Last election 0 seats 2 5 1 seat 3 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 0 Popular vote 12 294 6 642 Percentage 4 2 2 3 Swing 1 7 0 7 Mayor before election Henning Scherf SPD Elected Mayor Henning Scherf SPD Contents 1 Parties 2 Opinion polling 3 Election result 4 SourcesParties editThe table below lists parties represented in the previous Burgerschaft of Bremen Name Ideology Leader s 1999 result Votes Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Henning Scherf 42 6 47 100 CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy 37 1 42 100 Grune Alliance 90 The GreensBundnis 90 Die Grunen Green politics 8 9 10 100 DVU German People s UnionDeutsche Volksunion German nationalism 3 0 1 100Opinion polling editPolling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD CDU Grune 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 5Election result editSummary of the 25 May 2003 election results for the Burgerschaft of Bremen nbsp PartyVotes Seats Social Democratic Party SPD 123 48042 32 0 340 7Christian Democratic Union CDU 86 81929 76 7 329 13Alliance 90 The Greens Grune 37 35012 80 3 912 2Free Democratic Party FDP 12 2944 21 1 71 1German People s Union DVU 6 6422 28 0 71 0Party for a Rule of Law Offensive PRO 12 8764 41 4 40 0Party of Democratic Socialism PDS 4 8851 67 1 20 0Others7 4202 542 50 0Total291 766100 00 83 Popular Vote SPD 42 32 CDU 29 76 B 90 GRUNE 12 80 PRO 4 41 FDP 4 21 DVU 2 28 PDS 1 67 Other 2 54 Burgerschaft seats SPD 48 19 CDU 34 94 B 90 GRUNE 14 46 FDP 1 20 DVU 1 20 Sources editThe Federal Returning Officer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 Bremen state election amp oldid 1193350185, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
