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Encyclopedia > 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. September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Germany, Austria and South Tyrol, a Landtag is a unicameral legislature for a federal land. ... With an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

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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%
Seat results -- SDP in red, CDU in black, Greens in green
Seat results -- SDP in red, CDU in black, Greens in green

The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – ) is a conservative Germany. ... The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is one of the oldest political parties of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... Party symbol of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ... The Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei - FDP) is a free-market liberal party in Germany. ... The Republicans (Die Republikaner) of Germany is a right-wing populist party, which concerns itself mostly with the issue of immigration, trying to attract primarily protest voters. ... The Ecological Democratic Party (German: Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei, ÖDP) is an environmentalist political party in Germany. ... Image File history File links Results of the 2003 Landtag election in Bavaria SDP in red, CDU in black, Greens in green Created by Willhsmit. ... Image File history File links Results of the 2003 Landtag election in Bavaria SDP in red, CDU in black, Greens in green Created by Willhsmit. ...

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. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin with Edmund Stoiber Arnold Schwarzenegger with Edmund Stoiber Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber J.D., (born September 28, 1941) is a German politician, currently State Premier of the state of Bavaria and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU). ...


Sources

  • The Federal Returning Officer

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