1991 Hamburg state election

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1991 Hamburg state election
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  1987 2 June 1991 1993  

All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout819,773 (66.1%)
Decrease2.svg 13.4%
 First partySecond party
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Leader Henning Voscherau Hartmut Perschau
Party SPD CDU
Last election55 seats, 45.0%49 seats, 40.5%
Seats won6144
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote393,414287,467
Percentage48.0%35.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.0%Decrease2.svg 5.4%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election9 seats, 7.2%8 seats, 6.5%
Seats won97
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote59,26244,460
Percentage7.2%5.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.2%Decrease2.svg 1.1%

Mayor before election

Henning Voscherau
SPD

Elected Mayor

Henning Voscherau
SPD

The 1991 Hamburg state election was held on 2 June 1991 to elect the members of the 14th Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by First Mayor Henning Voscherau. As the SPD won an absolute majority of seats, it formed government alone, and Voscherau continued in office.

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Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Hamburg Parliament.

NameIdeologyLeader(s)1987 result
Votes (%)Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Henning Voscherau 45.0%
55 / 120
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Hartmut Perschau 40.5%
49 / 120
GAL Green Alternative List
Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg
Green politics 7.0%
8 / 120
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 6.5%
8 / 120

Election result

Summary of the 2 June 1991 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
PartyVotes %+/-Seats+/-Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD)393,41448.0Increase2.svg3.061Increase2.svg650.4
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)287,46735.1Decrease2.svg5.444Decrease2.svg536.4
Green Alternative List (GAL)59,2627.2Increase2.svg0.29Increase2.svg17.4
Free Democratic Party (FDP)44,4605.4Decrease2.svg1.17Decrease2.svg15.8
The Republicans (REP)9,9591.2Increase2.svg1.20±00
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE)7,2190.9New0New0
Others17,9922.20±00
Total819,773100.0121Increase2.svg1
Voter turnout66.1Decrease2.svg13.4
Popular Vote
SPD
47.99%
CDU
35.07%
GAL
7.23%
FDP
5.42%
Other
4.29%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
50.41%
CDU
36.36%
GAL
7.44%
FDP
5.79%

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