Hamburg state election, 2008

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Hamburg state election, 2008
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All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament

  First party Second party
  Ole von beust.jpg Michael Naumann.jpg
Leader Ole von Beust Michael Naumann
Party CDU SPD
Last election 47.2% 30.5%
Seats before 63 41
Seats won 57 45
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg4
Percentage 42.6% 34.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.6Increase2.svg3.6%

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Seats of the Hamburg Parliament in the 19th legislative period.
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On 24 February 2008 state elections were held in Hamburg, Germany, for the 19th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament. The four parties having more than 5 percent (minimum to qualify) are the conservative CDU, the social-democratic SPD, the left-wing Die Linke and the ecological Green Party (GAL). CDU and GAL formed a coalition and Ole von Beust continued as Minister-President.

Hamburg City in Germany

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Hamburg Parliament Parliament of the state and city of Hamburg, Germany

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Pre-election

Results of the election 2004 as followed:

Party Vote percentage Total Seats Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 47.2% 63 52.1%
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 30.5% 41 33.9%
Green-Alternative List (GAL) 12.3% 17 14.0%

Ole von Beust, head of Senate of Hamburg and First Mayor, was the main candidate of the CDU. The candidate for SPD was Michael Naumann.

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Results

Party Party List votes Vote percentage Total Seats Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 331,184 42.6% (-4.6) 56 (-7) 46.3%
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 265,515 34.1% (+3.6) 45 (+4) 37.2%
Green-Alternative List (GAL) 74,744 9.6% (-2.7) 12 (-5) 9.9%
The Left 50,173 6.4% (+6.4) 8 (+8) 6.6%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 36,995 4.8% (+2.0) 0 (+0) 0.0%
All Others 19,373 2.5% 0 0.0%
Totals 777,984 100.0% 121 100.0%

Post election

Winner Ole von Beust (CDU) did not achieve an absolute majority. He formed Germany's very first "Black-Green"coalition on the federal state level with the Greens (after the respective party colours, CDU's colour is black). [1] [2]

The term "coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more people, factions, states, political parties, militaries etc. agree to work together temporarily in a partnership to achieve a common goal. The word coalition connotes a coming together to achieve a goal.

States of Germany First-level administrative subdivisions of the Federal Republic of Germany

Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen states. Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty. With an emphasis on geographical conditions, Berlin and Hamburg are frequently called Stadtstaaten (city-states), as is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in fact includes the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. The remaining 13 states are called Flächenländer.

On 28 November 2010 the Hamburg Home Office announced that the Hamburg parliament would be dissolved on 16 December 2010. The next elections were held on 20 February 2011. [3]

See also

The number of elections in Hamburg varies. Hamburg has a state election every four years, the elections for the state parliament. There are also elections to the federal diet of Germany, the local elections of the diet of the boroughs (Bezirksversammlungen) and every five years to the European Parliament. All elections take place by universal adult suffrage and are regulated by law.

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. ↑ German conservatives win most votes, usa today, 2008-02-24, retrieved 2008-08-13
  2. ↑ Kopp, Martin (2008-08-12), Geheime Absprachen zwischen CDU und Grünen (in German), Hamburg, Germany: Die Welt, archived from the original on 2009-06-29, retrieved 2008-08-13.Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  3. ↑ Veit Medick: Union schäumt, SPD träumt. Koalitionsbruch in Hamburg. Der Spiegel, 28 November 2010


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