The Bavaria state election, 2003, was conducted on September 21, 2003, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Bavaria.
Issues and Campaign
Results
| Party
| Party List votes
| Vote percentage (change)
| Total Seats (change)
| Seat percentage
|
| Christian Social Union (CSU)
| 6,217,864
| 60.7%
| +7.8%
| 124
| +1
| 68.9%
|
| Social Democratic Party
| 2,012,065
| 19.6%
| -9.1%
| 41
| -26
| 22.8%
|
| Alliance '90/The Greens
| 793,050
| 7.7%
| +2.0%
| 15
| +1
| 8.3%
|
| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 263,731
| 2.6%
| +0.9%
| 0
| +0
| 0.0%
|
| The Republicans
| 229,464
| 2.2%
| -1.4%
| 0
| +0
| 0.0%
|
| Free Voters of Bavaria
| 411,306
| 4.0%
| +0.3%
| 0
| +0
| 0.0%
|
| Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)
| 200,103
| 2.0%
| +0.2%
| 0
| +0
| 0.0%
|
| All Others
| 120,952
| 1.2%
| -0.7%
| 0
| +0
| 0.0%
|
| Totals
| 10,248,735
| 100.0%
|
| 180
| -24
| 100.0%
|
Post-election
Edmund Stoiber remained Minister-President, with the CSU forming a government without a coalition. The 2/3 majority of seats obtained by the CSU is the first one in any state parlament in Germany ever.
Sources
Last updated: 06-03-2005 21:40:22
