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The 2008 Hamburg state election was held on 24 February 2008 to elect the members of the 19th Hamburg Parliament. [1] The incumbent Christian Democratic Union led by First Mayor Ole von Beust government lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition government with the Green Alternative List. This was the first time the CDU had formed a state government with the Greens in Germany. [2] [3]
The table below lists parties represented in the 18th Hamburg Parliament.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2004 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Ole von Beust | 47.2% | 63 / 121 | |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Michael Naumann | 30.5% | 41 / 121 | |
GAL | Green Alternative List Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg | Green politics | Christa Goetsch | 12.3% | 17 / 121 |
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | GAL | FDP | Linke | Others | Lead |
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2008 state election | 24 Feb 2008 | – | 42.6 | 34.1 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
GMS | 18–20 Feb 2008 | 1,002 | 40 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
election.de | 14–19 Feb 2008 | 1,010 | 41 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Psephos | 12–16 Feb 2008 | 1,006 | 42 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
Infratest dimap | 14–15 Feb 2008 | 1,000 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Emnid | 5–12 Feb 2008 | 1,000 | 42 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 7 | ? | 10 |
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 12–14 Feb 2008 | 1,018 | 41 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
Infratest dimap | 12–13 Feb 2008 | 1,000 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Infratest dimap | 29–30 Jan 2008 | 1,000 | 41 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
Psephos | 18–23 Jan 2008 | 1,003 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 6 |
election.de | 16–22 Jan 2008 | 750 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Infratest dimap | 2–4 Jan 2008 | 1,000 | 40 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Emnid | 10 Dec–2 Jan 2008 | 600 | 42 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
AMR Düsseldorf | 29 Dec 2007 | 1,000 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Infratest dimap | 7–12 Dec 2007 | 1,000 | 41 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
TNS Infratest | 4–7 Dec 2007 | 1,216 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 7 | ? | 7 |
Psephos | 3–7 Dec 2007 | 1,007 | 44 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
Emnid | 22 Nov–5 Dec 2007 | 603 | 41 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
Infratest dimap | 3–5 Sep 2007 | 1,000 | 42 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
TNS Infratest | 13–15 Aug 2007 | 1,001 | 42 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Psephos | 28 Jun–3 Jul 2007 | 1,005 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
Forsa | 14–18 May 2007 | 1,001 | 41 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
Emnid | 12–14 Mar 2007 | 1,000 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Psephos | 26–27 Feb 2007 | 958 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
Emnid | 5–7 Feb 2007 | 1,000 | 43 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Psephos | 5 Jan 2007 | 1,002 | 44 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Infratest dimap | 19–22 Oct 2006 | 1,000 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Forsa | 1–8 Aug 2006 | 1,001 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
Psephos | 5 May 2006 | 1,004 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 12 |
Psephos | 17 Feb 2006 | 1,005 | 47 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
Emnid | 6–8 Feb 2006 | 1,000 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
Psephos | 9 Jan 2006 | 721 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
Psephos | 3–6 Sep 2005 | 1,011 | 49 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
Psephos | 2–3 Aug 2005 | 1,000 | 48 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
Psephos | 21–24 Apr 2005 | 1,002 | 46 | 29 | 14 | 4 | – | 7 | 17 |
Psephos | 21–24 Feb 2005 | 1,005 | 48 | 29 | 14 | 3 | – | 6 | 19 |
Psephos | 21–23 Oct 2004 | 1,001 | 48 | 28 | 14 | 4 | – | 6 | 20 |
Emnid | 12 Aug 2004 | ? | 48 | 25 | 17 | 3 | – | 7 | 23 |
Psephos | 18–22 Jun 2004 | 1,007 | 50 | 25 | 16 | 4 | – | 5 | 25 |
2004 state election | 29 Feb 2004 | – | 47.2 | 30.5 | 12.3 | 2.8 | – | 7.1 | 16.7 |
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 331,067 | 42.6 | ![]() | 56 | ![]() | 46.3 | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 265,516 | 34.1 | ![]() | 45 | ![]() | 37.2 | |
Green Alternative List (GAL) | 74,472 | 9.6 | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 9.9 | |
The Left (Linke) | 50,132 | 6.4 | ![]() | 8 | ![]() | 6.6 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 36,953 | 4.8 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
German People's Union (DVU) | 6,354 | 0.8 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Others | 13,037 | 1.7 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 777,531 | 100.0 | 121 | ±0 | |||
Voter turnout | 63.5 | ![]() |
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