2007 Bremen state election

The 2007 Bremen state election was held on 13 May 2007 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) retained its majority with losses. However, the SPD chose to form a new government with The Greens. Jens Böhrnsen was re-elected as Mayor.

2007 Bremen state election
13 May 2007
All 83 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout275,816 (57.6%)
3.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jens Böhrnsen Thomas Röwekamp Karoline Linnert
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 40 seats, 42.3% 29 seats, 29.8% 12 seats, 12.8%
Seats won 32 23 14
Seat change 8 6 2
Popular vote 101,290 70,728 45,493
Percentage 36.7% 25.6% 16.5%
Swing 5.6% 4.2% 3.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Peter Erlanson Magnus Buhlert Siegfried Tittmann
Party Left FDP DVU
Last election 0 seats, 1.7% 1 seat, 4.2% 1 seat, 2.3%
Seats won 7 5 1
Seat change 7 4 0
Popular vote 23,382 16,486 7,536
Percentage 8.4% 6.0% 2.7%
Swing 6.7% 1.8% 0.4%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Jan Timke
Party Citizens in Rage
Last election 0 seats, 4.4%
Seats won 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 2,336
Percentage 0.8%
Swing 3.6%
Mayor before election

Jens Böhrnsen
SPD

 Elected Mayor

Jens Böhrnsen
SPD

This was the first election contested by The Left after the merger of the PDS 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.

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