2007 Bremen state election
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The 2007 Bremen state election was held on 13 May 2007 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) retained its majority with losses. However, the SPD chose to form a new government with The Greens. Jens Böhrnsen was re-elected as Mayor.[1]
This was the first election contested by The Left after the merger of the PDS and WASG. The new party achieved 8.4% of the vote, up from 1.7% for PDS in 2003, marking its first major success in a western state.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2003 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Jens Böhrnsen | 42.3% | 40 / 83 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Thomas Röwekamp | 29.8% | 29 / 83 | |
| Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | Karoline Linnert | 12.8% | 12 / 83 | |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | Magnus Bulhert | 4.2% | 1 / 83 | |
| DVU | German People's Union Deutsche Volksunion |
German nationalism | Siegfried Tittmann | 2.3% | 1 / 83 | |
Opinion polling
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
SPD | CDU | Grüne | FDP | DVU | Linke | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 state election | 13 May 2007 | – | 36.7 | 25.6 | 16.5 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 11.1 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 30 Apr–3 May 2007 | 1,036 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 12 |
| Infratest dimap | 23–25 Apr 2007 | 1,000 | 42 | 26 | 14.5 | 5 | 2 | 5.5 | 5 | 16 |
| Emnid | 14–22 Feb 2005 | 1,400 | 38 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 2003 state election | 25 May 2003 | – | 42.3 | 29.8 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 6.9 | 12.5 |
Election result
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| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
| Bremen | Bremerhaven | Total seats | +/- | ||||||
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 101,290 | 36.72 | -5.6 | 27 | 5 | 32 | -8 | ||
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 70,728 | 25.64 | -4.2 | 19 | 4 | 23 | -6 | ||
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 45,493 | 16.49 | +3.7 | 12 | 2 | 14 | +2 | ||
| The Left (Linke) | 23,282 | 8.44 | +6.7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +7 | ||
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 16,486 | 5.98 | +1.8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +4 | ||
| German People's Union (DVU) | 7,536 | 2.73 | +0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ±0 | ||
| Citizens in Rage (BiW) | 2,336 | 0.85 | -3.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Bremen Must Live | 4,462 | 1.62 | +1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | ||
| Others | 4,203 | 1.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | |||
| Total | 275,816 | 100.00 | – | 68 | 15 | 83 | 0 | ||
Notes
References
- ^ "Bürgerschaftswahlen (Landtag) 1947 bis 2007 nach Wahlbereichen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
