2003 Bremen state election
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei DeutschlandsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Social democracy | Henning Scherf | 42.6% | Template:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union DeutschlandsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Christian democracy | 37.1% | Template:Composition bar | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die GrünenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Green politics | 8.9% | Template:Composition bar | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | DVU | German People's Union Deutsche VolksunionScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
German nationalism | 3.0% | Template:Composition bar | |
Opinion polling
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
SPD | CDU | Grüne | DVU | PDS | FDP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2003 state election | 25 May 2003 | – | Template:Party shading/SPD| 42.3 | 29.8 | 12.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 6.9 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12.5 |
| Infratest dimap | 13–15 May 2003 | 1,000 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 38 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 5–8 May 2003 | 1,003 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 38 | 36 | 14 | – | – | 5 | 7 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2 |
| Forsa | 24–30 Apr 2003 | 1,194 | 37 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 38 | 14 | – | – | 4 | 7 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |
| Infratest dimap | 25–28 Apr 2003 | 1,000 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 42.5 | 34 | 13 | – | 2 | 4.5 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8.5 |
| Infratest | 16 Apr 2003 | ? | Template:Party shading/SPD| 42 | 35 | 13 | – | – | 4 | 6 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7 |
| 1999 state election | 6 June 1999 | – | Template:Party shading/SPD| 42.6 | 37.1 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5.5 |