The 2003 Bavarian state election was held on 21 September 2003 to elect the members to the 15th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-PresidentEdmund Stoiber achieved the largest majority in German history, winning 69% of the seats in the Landtag. This election was the first and to date only time a single party won a two-thirds supermajority of seats in any German state parliament. The CSU also won its largest proportion of the popular vote since 1974, at 60.7%.
The election was marked by a major decline in turnout, falling by almost 13 points to 57%. As a result, despite achieving its best result in decades, the CSU won 230,000 votes fewer than it had in the 1998 election.
2003, bavarian, state, election, held, september, 2003, elect, members, 15th, landtag, bavaria, christian, social, union, minister, president, edmund, stoiber, achieved, largest, majority, german, history, winning, seats, landtag, this, election, first, date, . The 2003 Bavarian state election was held on 21 September 2003 to elect the members to the 15th Landtag of Bavaria The Christian Social Union CSU led by Minister President Edmund Stoiber achieved the largest majority in German history winning 69 of the seats in the Landtag This election was the first and to date only time a single party won a two thirds supermajority of seats in any German state parliament The CSU also won its largest proportion of the popular vote since 1974 at 60 7 2003 Bavarian state election 1998 21 September 2003 2008 All 180 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria91 seats needed for a majorityTurnout10 248 735 57 1 12 7 First party Second party Third party Leader Edmund Stoiber Franz Maget Sepp Daxenberger Party CSU SPD Greens Last election 123 seats 52 9 67 seats 28 7 14 seats 5 7 Seats won 124 41 15 Seat change 1 26 1 Popular vote 6 217 864 2 012 265 793 050 Percentage 60 7 19 6 7 7 Swing 7 8 9 1 2 1 Results for the single member constituencies Minister President before election Edmund Stoiber CSU Elected Minister President Edmund Stoiber CSU The election was marked by a major decline in turnout falling by almost 13 points to 57 As a result despite achieving its best result in decades the CSU won 230 000 votes fewer than it had in the 1998 election Contents 1 Parties 2 Opinion polling 3 Election result 4 Notes 5 SourcesParties editThe table below lists parties represented in the 14th Landtag of Bavaria Name Ideology Leader s 1998 result Votes Seats CSU Christian Social Union in BavariaChristlich Soziale Union in Bayern Christian democracy Edmund Stoiber 52 9 123 204 SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Franz Maget 28 7 67 204 Grune Alliance 90 The GreensBundnis 90 Die Grunen Green politics Sepp Daxenberger 5 7 14 204Opinion polling editPolling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CSU SPD Grune FW FDP Others Lead 2003 state election 21 Sep 2003 60 7 19 6 7 7 4 0 2 6 5 4 a 41 1 Infratest dimap 6 10 Sep 2003 1 000 59 20 8 4 4 5 39 Forsa 1 5 Sep 2003 1 006 61 20 8 4 7 41 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 1 4 Sep 2003 1 033 60 22 8 4 3 3 38 Forsa 4 8 Aug 2003 1 001 61 21 8 3 7 40 Forsa 1 11 Jul 2003 1 266 59 24 8 3 6 35 Infratest dimap 14 18 May 2003 1 000 60 22 8 4 6 38 GMS 13 18 Feb 2003 1 004 60 0 23 0 6 5 0 5 4 0 6 0 b 37 Infratest dimap 2 5 Jan 2003 1 000 61 24 7 3 5 37 Infratest dimap 31 Jul 4 Aug 2002 1 000 57 26 5 5 7 31 Infratest dimap 3 7 Apr 2002 1 000 55 28 5 4 8 c 27 Infratest dimap 7 12 Jan 2002 1 000 56 27 6 4 7 d 29 GMS 15 Nov 21 Dec 2001 2 014 55 0 27 5 5 0 1 5 3 5 7 5 e 27 5 Infratest dimap 9 13 Jul 2001 1 000 54 29 7 3 7 f 25 Infratest dimap 3 6 Jan 2001 1 000 54 28 7 4 7 g 26 Infratest dimap 26 Jun 1 Jul 2000 1 000 57 27 6 3 7 h 30 Infratest dimap 3 7 Jan 2000 1 000 60 25 5 1 9 i 35 Infratest dimap August 1999 60 24 5 2 9 j 36 1998 state election 13 Sep 1998 52 9 28 7 5 7 3 7 1 7 7 3 k 24 2Election result editSummary of the 21 September 2003 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria nbsp PartyVotes Seats Christian Social Union CSU 6 217 86460 67 7 8124 1Social Democratic Party SPD 2 012 26519 63 9 141 26Alliance 90 The Greens Grune 793 0507 74 2 115 1Free Voters of Bavaria FW 411 3064 01 0 40 0Free Democratic Party FDP 263 7312 57 0 90 0The Republicans REP 229 4642 24 1 40 0Ecological Democratic Party ODP 200 1031 95 0 20 0Bavaria Party BP 77 3900 76 0 00 0Others43 5620 430 0Total10 248 735100 00 180 Popular vote CSU 60 67 SPD 19 63 B 90 GRUNE 7 74 FW 4 01 FDP 2 57 Other 5 38 Landtag seats CSU 68 89 SPD 22 78 B 90 GRUNE 8 33 Notes edit 2 2 REP 2 0 ODP 1 2 Other 1 0 PDS 0 5 REP 0 5 ODP 4 0 Other 2 Right wing parties 6 Other 2 Right wing parties 5 Other 3 0 PRO 1 0 REP 1 0 PDS 0 5 ODP 2 0 Other 2 Right wing parties 5 Other 2 Right wing parties 5 Other 2 Right wing parties 5 Other 3 Right wing parties 6 Other 3 Right wing parties 6 Other 3 6 REP 1 8 ODP 1 9 OtherSources editResults of 2003 Bavaria state election Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 Bavarian state election amp oldid 1222909241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
