Hamburg state election, 1966

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On 27 March 1966, elections for members of the sixth legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg. [1] There were 1,375,491 eligible voters. [2]

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Results

959,816 voters, meaning a turnout of 69.8%, gave 947,802 valid and 12,014 invalid votes. [2]

Party Votes Vote percentage Seats Seats percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 558.754 59.0% [2] 74 61,7%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 284.501 30.0% [2] 38 31,7%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 64.837 6.8% [2] 8 6,7%
National Democratic Party (NPD) 36.654 3.9% [2] 0
Frei-Soziale Union (FSU) 3.056 0.3% [2] 0

Post-election

Herbert Weichmann continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg.

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Herbert Weichmann was a German lawyer and politician and First Mayor of Hamburg (1965–1971). In his position as mayor of Hamburg, he served as President of the Bundesrat (1968–1969).

See also

Elections in Germany include elections to the Bundestag, the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.

The state elections in Hamburg, Germany for the parliament of Hamburg (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) in the years of 1919–1933. The term Weimar Republic is used to signify the democratic and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933.

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bürgerschaftswahl 1966 (in German), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), archived from the original on 2011-07-18, retrieved 2009-03-24


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