2007 Bremen state election

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]

2007 Bremen state election

13 May 2007

All 83 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout275,816 (57.6%)
Decrease 3.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jens Böhrnsen Thomas Röwekamp Karoline Linnert
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 40 seats, 42.3% 29 seats, 29.8% 12 seats, 12.8%
Seats won 32 23 14
Seat change Decrease 8 Decrease 6 Increase 2
Popular vote 101,290 70,728 45,493
Percentage 36.7% 25.6% 16.5%
Swing Decrease 5.6% Decrease 4.2% Increase 3.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Peter Erlanson Magnus Buhlert Siegfried Tittmann
Party Left FDP DVU
Last election 0 seats, 1.7%[lower-alpha 1] 1 seat, 4.2% 1 seat, 2.3%
Seats won 7 5 1
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 4 Steady 0
Popular vote 23,382 16,486 7,536
Percentage 8.4% 6.0% 2.7%
Swing Increase 6.7% Increase 1.8% Increase 0.4%

  Seventh party
 
Leader Jan Timke
Party Citizens in Rage
Last election 0 seats, 4.4%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1
Popular vote 2,336
Percentage 0.8%
Swing Decrease 3.6%

Mayor before election

Jens Böhrnsen
SPD

Elected Mayor

Jens Böhrnsen
SPD

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

Summary of the 13 May 2007 election results for the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
Party Votes  % +/- Seats Total
seats
+/- Seats %
Bremen Bremerhaven
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 101,290 36.7 Decrease5.6 27 5 32 Decrease8 38.6
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 70,728 25.6 Decrease4.2 19 4 23 Decrease6 27.7
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 45,493 16.5 Increase3.7 12 2 14 Increase2 16.9
The Left (Linke) 23,282 8.4 Increase6.7[lower-alpha 3] 6 1 7 Increase7[lower-alpha 4] 8.4
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 16,486 6.0 Increase1.8 4 1 5 Increase4 6.0
German People's Union (DVU) 7,536 2.7 Increase0.4 0 1 1 Steady0 1.2
Citizens in Rage (BiW) 2,336 0.8 Decrease3.6[lower-alpha 5] 0 1 1 Increase1[lower-alpha 6] 1.2
Bremen Must Live 4,462 1.6 Increase1.6 0 0 0 ±0 0
Others 4,203 1.5 0 0 0 ±0 0
Total 275,816 100.0 68 15 83 ±0
Voter turnout 57.6 Decrease3.7
Popular Vote
SPD
36.72%
CDU
25.64%
B'90/GRÜNE
16.49%
DIE LINKE
8.44%
FDP
5.98%
DVU
2.73%
BmL
1.62%
BiW
0.85%
Other
1.52%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
38.55%
CDU
27.71%
B'90/GRÜNE
16.87%
DIE LINKE
8.43%
FDP
6.02%
DVU
1.20%
BiW
1.20%

Notes

  1. Results for PDS
  2. Results for PRO
  3. Compared to results for PDS, which merged into The Left in 2007.
  4. Compared to results for PDS, which merged into The Left in 2007.
  5. Compared to results for PRO, which BiW succeeded in 2004
  6. Compared to results for PRO, which BiW succeeded in 2004

References

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