Bavaria state election, 2003

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 (SPD)	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 (REP)	229,464	2.2%	-1.4%	0	+0	0.0%
Free Voters of Bavaria (FW)	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%

Seat results -- SPD in red, CSU in black, Greens in green

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 parliament in Germany ever.

Sources

The Federal Returning Officer

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Bavaria state election, 2003

Issues and campaign

Results

Post-election

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