1993 Hamburg state election

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1993 Hamburg state election
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  1991 19 September 1993 1997  

All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout844,902 (69.9%)
Increase2.svg 3.8%
 First partySecond party
  Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079282-0019, Munster, SPD-Parteitag, Voscherau.jpg
Leader Henning Voscherau
Party SPD CDU
Last election61 seats, 48.0%44 seats, 35.1%
Seats won5836
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 8
Popular vote341,688212,186
Percentage40.4%25.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg 7.6%Decrease2.svg 10.0%

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Greens Statt
Last election9 seats, 7.2%Did not exist
Seats won198
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 8
Popular vote114,26346,894
Percentage13.5%5.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.3%New party

Mayor before election

Henning Voscherau
SPD

Elected Mayor

Henning Voscherau
SPD

The 1993 Hamburg state election was held on 19 September 1993 to elect the members of the 15th Hamburg Parliament. [1] [2] The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost its majority. The election saw the entry of the Statt Party into Parliament, with which the SPD formed a coalition. First Mayor Henning Voscherau continued in office.

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Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 14th Hamburg Parliament.

NameIdeologyLeader(s)1991 result
Votes (%)Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Henning Voscherau 48.0%
61 / 121
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy 35.1%
44 / 121
GAL Green Alternative List
Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg
Green politics 7.2%
9 / 121
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 5.4%
7 / 121

Election result

Summary of the 19 September 1993 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
PartyVotes %+/-Seats+/-Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD)341,68840.4Decrease2.svg7.658Decrease2.svg347.9
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)212,18625.1Decrease2.svg10.036Decrease2.svg829.8
Green Alternative List (GAL)114,26113.5Increase2.svg6.319Increase2.svg106.6
Statt Party (STATT)46,8945.6New8New6.6
The Republicans (REP)40,8564.8Increase2.svg3.60±00
Free Democratic Party (FDP)35,2364.2Decrease2.svg1.20Decrease2.svg70
German People's Union (DVU)23,6182.8Increase2.svg2.80±00
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE)13,3291.6Increase2.svg0.70±00
Others16,8322.00±00
Total844,902100.0121±0
Voter turnout69.9Increase2.svg3.8
Popular Vote
SPD
40.44%
CDU
25.11%
GAL
13.52%
STATT
5.55%
REP
4.84%
FDP
4.17%
DVU
2.80%
Other
2.57%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
47.93%
CDU
29.75%
GAL
15.70%
STATT
6.61%

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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
  2. Bürgerschaftswahl 1993 (in German), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), archived from the original on 2011-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-26