Hamburg state election, 2011

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Hamburg state election, 2011
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All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 57.3

  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Olaf Scholz Christoph Ahlhaus Anja Hajduk
Party SPD CDU Green
Seats won62 [2] 28 [2] 14 [2]
Seat changeIncrease2.svg17Decrease2.svg28Increase2.svg2
Popular vote1,667,804 753,805 384,502
Percentage48.4% 21.9% 11.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg14.3%Decrease2.svg20.7%Increase2.svg1.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader Katja Suding Dora Heyenn
Party FDP Left
Seats won 9 [2] 8 [2]
Seat changeIncrease2.svg9Steady2.svg
Popular vote 229,125 220,428
Percentage 6.7% 6.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.9%Steady2.svg
Mayor before election

Christoph Ahlhaus
CDU

Elected Mayor

Olaf Scholz
SPD

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On 20 February 2011, a state election was held in Hamburg, Germany, for the 20th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after World War II. The election is a result of the collapse of the coalition government led by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Alternative List (GAL). [1] The Hamburg Parliament was officially dissolved on December 15, 2010. [1] The Social Democratic Party (SPD) won an absolute majority after winning 62 seats. [2] Absolute majorities are considered rare in Germany. [3] The Free Democratic Party (FDP) re-entered parliament after failing to win any seats in the previous election. [2]

Hamburg City in Germany

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany with a population of over 1.8 million.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

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

The Hamburg Parliament is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parliament, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies. The parliament is situated in the city hall Hamburg Rathaus and part of the Government of Hamburg.

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Annkathrin Kammeyer's election made her the youngest member of the Hamburg Parliament in history, at 21 years of age. [4]

Annkathrin Kammeyer German Social Democratic politician

Annkathrin Kammeyer is a German Social Democratic politician and Member of the Hamburg Parliament since 7 March 2011.

Collapse

The relationship between the Christian Democratic Union and the Green Alternative List has been strained since the former Mayor Ole von Beust announced he was stepping down in July. [1] [5] Von Beust was a popular mayor and was seen as the guarantor for the coalition government. [5] The CDU/Green party coalition was the first coalition government between the two parties in Germany. [1] [6] Christoph Ahlhaus was chosen as the mayor. [1] Since Ahlhaus became mayor, there were many conflicts which were intensifying. [1] Ahlhaus had been critical of the GAL on several occasions. [7]

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Carl-Friedrich Arp Ole Freiherr von Beust, generally called Ole von Beust, is a German politician who was First Mayor of Hamburg from 31 October 2001 to 25 August 2010, serving as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2007 on for one year. He was succeeded as mayor by Christoph Ahlhaus.

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Christoph Ahlhaus German politician

Christoph Ahlhaus is a German politician. He is a representative of the German Christian Democratic Union which he joined in 1985. He was the mayor of Hamburg from August 2010 to March 2011.

Issues and Campaign

Polls

Party Last
election 		11-02-2011 [8] 13-02-2011 [9]
  CDU 42.6%23%24%
  SPD 34.1%46%45%
  GAL 9.6%14.5%15%
  The Left 6.4%6%6%
  FDP 4.8%5%5%

Results

Parties Votes % +/- Seats +/- %
Social Democratic Party 1,667,804 48.4% +14.3 62 +17 51.2%
Christian Democratic Union 753,805 21.9% -20.7 28 -28 23.1%
Green-Alternative List 384,502 11.2% +1.6 14 +2 11.6%
Free Democratic Party 229,125 6.7% +1.9 9 +9 7.4%
The Left 220,428 6.4% ±0.0 8 ±0 6.6%
Pirate Party Germany 73,126 2.1% +1.9 0 ±0
All Others 3.4% +1.1 0 ±0
Totals3,444,602 100.0%– 121–

Post-election

Post election analysis showed that the election result was strongly dominated by local issues (82% of voters according to Forschungsgruppe Wahlen). [10]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Hamburg vote set for February after coalition collapses". The Local. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Merkel's party hammered in state elections". Deutsche Welle. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Pidd, Helen (20 February 2011). "Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats suffer heavy Hamburg defeat". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  4. ↑ Jule Bleyer (7 March 2011). "Annkathrin Kammeyer: Keck im Parlament" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt . Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Germany's only CDU-Green coalition falls". The Local. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "Greens in Hamburg end coalition with CDU". Deutsche Welle. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  7. ↑ Knight, Dennis (February 18, 2011). "Trend-Setting Loss Would Spell Trouble for Merkel". Spiegel Online. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Umfragen: SPD vorn, Ahlhaus enttäuscht" (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. February 11, 2011. Archived from the original on February 13, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  9. ↑ "SPD and Greens set for power in Hamburg". The Local. February 13, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  10. ↑ "SPD bei 48,3 Prozent - die CDU holt 21,9 Prozent". Hamburger Abendblatt. February 19, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
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