Hamburg state election, 1993

Hamburg state election, 1993

September 19, 1993

All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.   First party Second party Third party   Leader Henning Voscherau Party SPD CDU Green Last election 48.0% 35.1% 7.2% Seats before 61 44 9 Seats won 58 36 19 Seat change -3 -8 +10 Popular vote 341,688 212,186 114,263 Percentage 13.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party STATT REP FDP Last election — 1.2% 5.4% Seats before — 0 7 Seats won 8 0 0 Seat change +8 0 -7 Popular vote 46,894 40,856 35,236 Percentage 5.6% 4.8% 4.2% Swing +5.6% +3.6% -1.2%

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On September 19, 1993, Hamburg state elections for members of the 15th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg.^[1] There were 1,240,259 eligible voters.^[2]

Results

863,190 voters, meaning a turnout of 69.6%, gave 844,902 valid and 18,288 invalid votes.^[2] The election threshold to send a member to the Hamburg Parliament is 5%.

Post-election

Seats of the Hamburg Parliament after the election 1993

First Mayor Henning Voscherau was elected to be the head of state by the Hamburg Parliament again, although he did not have an absolute majority. The SPD formed a coalition with the Statt party. Erhard Rittershaus, without party membership, became second mayor for the Statt party.

See also

• Elections in Germany
• Elections in Hamburg
• Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic

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