1997 Hamburg state election

The 1997 Hamburg state election was held on 21 September 1997 to elect the members of the 16th Hamburg Parliament.[1] The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Statt Party under First Mayor Henning Voscherau was defeated as Statt lost all its seats. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with the Green Alternative List (GAL). Voscherau declined to run for re-election as First Mayor due to the SPD's poor performance, and fellow SPD member Ortwin Runde succeeded him.

1997 Hamburg state election

← 1993 21 September 1997 2001 →

All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout822,511 (68.7%)
Decrease 1.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Henning Voscherau
Party SPD CDU Greens
Last election 58 seats, 40.4% 36 seats, 25.1% 19 seats, 13.5%
Seats won 54 46 21
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 10 Increase 2
Popular vote 297,901 252,640 114,387
Percentage 36.2% 30.7% 13.9%
Swing Decrease 4.2% Increase 5.6% Increase 0.4%

Mayor before election

Henning Voscherau
SPD

Elected Mayor

Ortwin Runde
SPD

Parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the 15th Hamburg Parliament.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1993 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Henning Voscherau 40.4%
58 / 121
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy 25.1%
36 / 121
GAL Green Alternative List
Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg
Green politics 13.5%
19 / 121
STATT STATT - Party of Independents
STATT - Partei Die Unabhängigen
Populism 5.6%
8 / 121

Election result

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Summary of the 21 September 1997 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 297,901 36.2  4.2 54  4 44.6
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 252,640 30.7  5.6 46  10 38.0
Green Alternative List (GAL) 114,387 13.9  0.4 21  2 17.4
German People's Union (DVU) 40,957 5.0  2.2 0 ±0 0
Statt Party (STATT) 31,401 3.8  1.8 0  8 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 28,664 3.5  0.7 0 ±0 0
The Republicans (REP) 15,207 1.8  3.0 0 ±0 0
League of Citizens (BfB) 10,914 1.3  1.3 0 ±0 0
Others 30,440 3.7 0 ±0 0
Total 822,511 100.0 121 ±0
Voter turnout 68.7  1.2
Popular Vote
SPD
36.22%
CDU
30.72%
GAL
13.91%
DVU
4.98%
STATT
3.82%
FDP
3.48%
REP
1.85%
Other
5.03%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
44.63%
CDU
38.02%
GAL
17.36%

See also

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References

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  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