1991 Hamburg state election

The 1991 Hamburg state election was held on 2 June 1991 to elect the members of the 14th Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by First Mayor Henning Voscherau. As the SPD won an absolute majority of seats, it formed government alone, and Voscherau continued in office.

1991 Hamburg state election

← 1987 2 June 1991 1993 →

All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout819,773 (66.1%)
Decrease 13.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Henning Voscherau Hartmut Perschau
Party SPD CDU
Last election 55 seats, 45.0% 49 seats, 40.5%
Seats won 61 44
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 5
Popular vote 393,414 287,467
Percentage 48.0% 35.1%
Swing Increase 3.0% Decrease 5.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 9 seats, 7.2% 8 seats, 6.5%
Seats won 9 7
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 59,262 44,460
Percentage 7.2% 5.4%
Swing Increase 0.2% Decrease 1.1%

Mayor before election

Henning Voscherau
SPD

Elected Mayor

Henning Voscherau
SPD

Parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Hamburg Parliament.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1987 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Henning Voscherau 45.0%
55 / 120
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Hartmut Perschau 40.5%
49 / 120
GAL Green Alternative List
Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg
Green politics 7.0%
8 / 120
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 6.5%
8 / 120

Election result

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Summary of the 2 June 1991 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 393,414 48.0  3.0 61  6 50.4
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 287,467 35.1  5.4 44  5 36.4
Green Alternative List (GAL) 59,262 7.2  0.2 9  1 7.4
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 44,460 5.4  1.1 7  1 5.8
The Republicans (REP) 9,959 1.2  1.2 0 ±0 0
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE) 7,219 0.9 New 0 New 0
Others 17,992 2.2 0 ±0 0
Total 819,773 100.0 121  1
Voter turnout 66.1  13.4
Popular Vote
SPD
47.99%
CDU
35.07%
GAL
7.23%
FDP
5.42%
Other
4.29%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
50.41%
CDU
36.36%
GAL
7.44%
FDP
5.79%

Sources

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