The 2007 Bremen state election was held on 13 May 2007 to elect the members of the
Bürgerschaft of Bremen
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, as well as the city councils of
Bremen and
Bremerhaven
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. The incumbent government of the
Social Democratic Party
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Fo ...
(SPD) and
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) retained its majority with losses. However, the SPD chose to form a new government with
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.
Jens Böhrnsen was re-elected as
Mayor
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.
This was the first election contested by
The Left after the merger of the
PDS
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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.
Opinion polling
Election result
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seats
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Bremen
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Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven (, , Low German: ''Bremerhoben'') is a city at the seaport of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
It forms a semi-enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the Riv ...
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Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
Fo ...
(SPD)
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, align= 36.7
, align= 5.6
, align= 27
, align= 5
, align= 32
, align= 8
, align= 38.6
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, align=left ,
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 70,728
, align= 25.6
, align= 4.2
, align= 19
, align= 4
, align= 23
, align= 6
, align= 27.7
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Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
, align= 45,493
, align= 16.5
, align= 3.7
, align= 12
, align= 2
, align= 14
, align= 2
, align= 16.9
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The Left (Linke)
, align= 23,282
, align= 8.4
, align= 6.7
, align= 6
, align= 1
, align= 7
, align= 7
, align= 8.4
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, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, align= 16,486
, align= 6.0
, align= 1.8
, align= 4
, align= 1
, align= 5
, align= 4
, align= 6.0
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German People's Union (DVU)
, align= 7,536
, align= 2.7
, align= 0.4
, align= 0
, align= 1
, align= 1
, align= 0
, align= 1.2
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Citizens in Rage (BiW)
, align= 2,336
, align= 0.8
, align= 3.6
, align= 0
, align= 1
, align= 1
, align= 1
, align= 1.2
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, align=left , Bremen Must Live
, align= 4,462
, align= 1.6
, align= 1.6
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, align= 0
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, align=left , Others
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, align= 1.5
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, align= 0
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 275,816
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! align= 68
! align= 15
! align= 83
! align= ±0
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 57.6
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Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bremen State Election, 2007
Elections in Bremen (state)
2007 elections in Germany