State elections were held in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen on 13 May 2007 to elect the Bürgerschaft (city and state legislature).
After the elections, Jens Böhrnsen , the SPD prime minister, was able to pick up his future coalition partner. He could either continue the grand coalition with the CDU (since 1995) or form a red-green coalition (SPD and Greens). Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) was said to be in favor of a large coalition or a red-green coalition before the election; she claims that he „had to say how he should go on“ with Bremen. [1] [ permanent dead link ] . This election is thought to be a landmark for the Left Party.PDS since it is their first success in West. The results of this paper are based on the results of this paper.
Results
| Party | votes | % | +/- | seats | +/- | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 36.8% | -5.5 | 33 | -7 | 39.8% | ||
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 25.7% | -4.1 | 23 | -6 | 27.7% | ||
| Alliance ’90 / The Greens | 16.4% | 3.6 | 14 | 2 | 16.9% | ||
| The Left Party.PDS | 8.4% | 6.7 | 7 | +7 | 8.4% | ||
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 6.0% | 1.8 | 5 | 4 | 6.0% | ||
| German People’s Union (DVU) | 2.7% | 0.4 | 1 | ± 0 | 1.2% | ||
| Others | 4.0% | 1.4 | 0 | ± 0 | 0.0% | ||
| Totals | 100.0% | 83 | 100.0% | ||||