Bavarian state election, 2003
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The Bavaria state election, 2003, was conducted on 21 September 2003, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Bavaria.
Results
| Party | Ideology | Vote % (change) | Seats (change) | Seats % | |||
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| Christian Social Union (CSU) | Christian democracy, Centre-right | 60.7% | +7.8 | 124 | +1 | 68.9% | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | Social democracy, Centre-left | 19.6% | −9.1 | 41 | −26 | 22.8% | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | Environmental, Centre-left | 7.7% | +2.1 | 15 | +1 | 8.3% | |
| Free Voters (FW) | Regional, Centre-right | 4.0% | +0.4 | ||||
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | Classical liberal, Centre-right | 2.6% | +0.9 | ||||
| Republicans (Die Republikaner) | Right-wing | 2.2% | −1.4 | ||||
| Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | Environmental, Centre-right | 2.0% | +0.2 | ||||
| Bavaria Party (BP) | Secessionist, Centre-right | 0.8% | +0.0 | ||||
| Party of Bible-believing Christians (PBC) | Religious right | 0.2% | +0.1 | ||||
| Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (BüSo) | LaRouche movement | 0.1% | +0.1 | ||||
| Party for Rights, Freedom, Health (AUFBRUCH) | Environmental | 0.1% | +0.1 | ||||
| All Others | 0.1% | −1.0 | |||||
| Total | 100.0% | 180 | -24 | 100.0% | |||
Turnout was at 57.1%, far below the 1998 election's turnout of 69.8%.
Seat results -- SPD in red, CSU in black, Greens in green
Post-election
- The CSU was once again able to form a government without coalition partners, as it had been able to do in Bavaria since 1962.
- The CSU's winning of over 2/3 of the seats in the new Landtag was the strongest showing for any party in German electoral history. No party had ever been able to form a super-majority of over 2/3 of the seats in any Landtag before or since.
- In the years that followed this electoral triumph, lethargy—perhaps induced partly by so many years of one-party rule—set in. The CSU became ever more unpopular, until the next election in 2008, wherein its support plummeted.
See also
- Bavaria state election, 1990
- Bavaria state election, 1994
- Bavaria state election, 1998
Sources
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