All 183 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 92 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
3,984,009 (67.0%) 6.8%
First party
Second party
Leader
Christian Wulff
Sigmar Gabriel
Party
CDU
SPD
Last election
62 seats, 35.9%
83 seats, 47.9%
Seats won
91
63
Seat change
29
20
Popular vote
1,925,055
1,330,156
Percentage
48.3%
33.4%
Swing
12.4%
14.5%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
FDP
Greens
Last election
0 seats, 4.9%
12 seats, 7.0%
Seats won
15
14
Seat change
15
2
Popular vote
323,107
304,532
Percentage
8.1%
7.6%
Swing
3.2%
0.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election
Sigmar Gabriel
SPD
Elected Minister-President
Christian Wulff
CDU
The 2003 Lower Saxony state election was held on 2 February 2003 to elect the members of the 15th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) majority government led by Minister-President Sigmar Gabriel was defeated. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came up one seat short of a majority, and formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). CDU leader Christian Wulff was subsequently elected minister-president.
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