1997 Hamburg state election
21 September 1997
All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout822,511 (68.7%)
Decrease 1.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Henning Voscherau
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 58 seats, 40.4% 36 seats, 25.1% 19 seats, 13.5%
Seats won 54 46 21
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 10 Increase 2
Popular vote 297,901 252,640 114,387
Percentage 36.2% 30.7% 13.9%
Swing Decrease 4.2% Increase 5.6% Increase 0.4%
Mayor before election

Henning Voscherau
SPD

 Elected Mayor

Ortwin Runde
SPD

The 1997 Hamburg state election was held on 21 September 1997 to elect the members of the 16th Hamburg Parliament.[1] The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Statt Party under First Mayor Henning Voscherau was defeated as Statt lost all its seats. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with the Green Alternative List (GAL). Voscherau declined to run for re-election as First Mayor due to the SPD's poor performance, and fellow SPD member Ortwin Runde succeeded him.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 15th Hamburg Parliament.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1993 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Henning Voscherau 40.4%
58 / 121
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy 25.1%
36 / 121
GAL Green Alternative List
Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg		 Green politics 13.5%
19 / 121
STATT STATT - Party of Independents
STATT - Partei Die Unabhängigen		 Populism 5.6%
8 / 121

Election result

Summary of the 21 September 1997 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 297,901 36.2 Decrease4.2 54 Decrease4 44.6
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 252,640 30.7 Increase5.6 46 Increase10 38.0
Green Alternative List (GAL) 114,387 13.9 Increase0.4 21 Increase2 17.4
German People's Union (DVU) 40,957 5.0 Increase2.2 0 ±0 0
Statt Party (STATT) 31,401 3.8 Decrease1.8 0 Decrease8 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 28,664 3.5 Decrease0.7 0 ±0 0
The Republicans (REP) 15,207 1.8 Decrease3.0 0 ±0 0
League of Citizens (BfB) 10,914 1.3 Increase1.3 0 ±0 0
Others 30,440 3.7 0 ±0 0
Total 822,511 100.0 121 ±0
Voter turnout 68.7 Decrease1.2
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 36.22%
CDU
 
 30.72%
GAL
 
 13.91%
DVU
 
 4.98%
STATT
 
 3.82%
FDP
 
 3.48%
REP
 
 1.85%
Other
 
 5.03%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
 
 44.63%
CDU
 
 38.02%
GAL
 
 17.36%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wahltermine in Hamburg seit 1946 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2008, archived from the original on 2009-03-05, retrieved 2009-03-24


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