1997 Hamburg state election

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1997 Hamburg state election
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  1993 21 September 1997 2001  

All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout822,511 (68.7%)
Decrease2.svg 1.2%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079282-0019, Munster, SPD-Parteitag, Voscherau.jpg
Leader Henning Voscherau
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election58 seats, 40.4%36 seats, 25.1%19 seats, 13.5%
Seats won544621
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 10Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote297,901252,640114,387
Percentage36.2%30.7%13.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.2%Increase2.svg 5.6%Increase2.svg 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.

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Parties

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

NameIdeologyLeader(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
PartyVotes %+/-Seats+/-Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD)297,90136.2Decrease2.svg4.254Decrease2.svg444.6
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)252,64030.7Increase2.svg5.646Increase2.svg1038.0
Green Alternative List (GAL)114,38713.9Increase2.svg0.421Increase2.svg217.4
German People's Union (DVU)40,9575.0Increase2.svg2.20±00
Statt Party (STATT)31,4013.8Decrease2.svg1.80Decrease2.svg80
Free Democratic Party (FDP)28,6643.5Decrease2.svg0.70±00
The Republicans (REP)15,2071.8Decrease2.svg3.00±00
League of Citizens (BfB)10,9141.3Increase2.svg1.30±00
Others30,4403.70±00
Total822,511100.0121±0
Voter turnout68.7Decrease2.svg1.2
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%

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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