Election Name: | 1999 Bremen state election |
Country: | Bremen |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1995 Bremen state election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2003 Bremen state election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | All 100 seats in the Bürgerschaft of Bremen |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | 6 June 1999 |
Turnout: | 291,091 (60.1%) 8.5% |
Leader1: | Henning Scherf |
Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election1: | 37 seats, 33.4% |
Seats1: | 47 |
Popular Vote1: | 123,875 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Percentage1: | 42.6% |
Swing1: | 9.2% |
Party2: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
Seats2: | 42 |
Popular Vote2: | 108,050 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Percentage2: | 37.1% |
Swing2: | 4.5% |
Party4: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Last Election4: | 14 seats, 13.1% |
Seats4: | 10 |
Popular Vote4: | 25,958 |
Seat Change4: | 4 |
Percentage4: | 8.9% |
Swing4: | 4.2% |
Party5: | German People's Union |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 2.5% |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 8,823 |
Percentage5: | 3.0% |
Swing5: | 0.5% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Henning Scherf |
Before Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
After Election: | Henning Scherf |
After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
The 1999 Bremen state election was held on 6 June 1999 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.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Bürgerschaft of Bremen.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1995 result | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Henning Scherf | 33.4% | |||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | 32.6% | ||||
bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 13.1% | ||||
bgcolor=#63B8FF | AFB | Labour for Bremen and Bremerhaven | Economic liberalism | 10.7% |