Hamburg state election, 1997

Hamburg state election, 1997

September 21, 1997

All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.   First party Second party Third party   Leader Henning Voscherau Party SPD CDU Green Last election 40.4% 25.1% 13.5% Seats before 58 36 19 Seats won 54 46 21 Seat change -4 +10 +2 Popular vote 298,218 252,354 114,776 Percentage 36.2% 30.7% 13.9% Swing -4.2% +5.6% +0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DVU STATT FDP Last election 2.8% 5.6% 4.2% Seats before 0 8 0 Seats won 0 0 0 Seat change 0 -8 0 Popular vote 40,957 31,401 28,664 Percentage 4.9% 3.8% 3.5% Swing +1.9% -1.6% -0.7%

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On September 21, 1997, Hamburg state elections for members of the 16th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg.^[1] There were 1,211,312 eligible voters.^[2]

Results

831,913 voters, meaning a turnout of 68.7%, gave 822,931 valid and 8,982 invalid votes.^[2] The election threshold to send a member to the Hamburg Parliament is 5%.

Post-election

Henning Voscherau continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg, nevertheless on 12 November 1997 Ortwin Runde was elected as First Mayor by the Hamburg Parliament in an SPD-Green coalition.

See also

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

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