The 2003 Bremen state election was held on 25 May 2003 to elect the members of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen, as well as the city councils of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The incumbent grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Mayor Henning Scherf retained its majority and continued in office. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen. Opinion polling Election result |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 123,480 | align=right| 42.3 | align=right| 0.3 | align=right| 40 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 48.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 86,819 | align=right| 29.8 | align=right| 7.3 | align=right| 29 | align=right| 13 | align=right| 34.9 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 37,350 | align=right| 12.8 | align=right| 3.9 | align=right| 12 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 14.5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 12,294 | align=right| 4.2 | align=right| 1.7 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 1.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU) | align=right| 6,642 | align=right| 2.3 | align=right| 0.7 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 1.2 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=blue| | align=left | Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (PRO) | align=right| 12,876 | align=right| 4.4 | align=right| 4.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 4,885 | align=right| 1.7 | align=right| 1.2 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 7,420 | align=right| 2.5 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 291,766 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 83 ! align=right| 17 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 61.3 ! align=right| 1.2 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |} Sources The Federal Returning Officer Elections in Bremen (state) 2003 elections in Germany May 2003 events in Europe