1993 Hamburg state election

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1993 Hamburg state election

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All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout844,902 (69.9%)
Increase 3.8%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Henning Voscherau
Party SPD CDU
Last election 61 seats, 48.0% 44 seats, 35.1%
Seats won 58 36
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 8
Popular vote 341,688 212,186
Percentage 40.4% 25.1%
Swing Decrease 7.6% Decrease 10.0%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens Statt
Last election 9 seats, 7.2% Did not exist
Seats won 19 8
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 8
Popular vote 114,263 46,894
Percentage 13.5% 5.6%
Swing Increase 6.3% New party

Mayor before election

Henning Voscherau
SPD

Elected Mayor

Henning Voscherau
SPD

The 1993 Hamburg state election was held on 19 September 1993 to elect the members of the 15th Hamburg Parliament.[1][2] The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost its majority. The election saw the entry of the Statt Party into Parliament, with which the SPD formed a coalition. First Mayor Henning Voscherau continued in office.

Parties[edit]

The table below lists parties represented in the 14th Hamburg Parliament.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1991 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Henning Voscherau 48.0%
61 / 121
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy 35.1%
44 / 121
GAL Green Alternative List
Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg
Green politics 7.2%
9 / 121
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 5.4%
7 / 121

Election result[edit]

Summary of the 19 September 1993 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 341,688 40.4 Decrease7.6 58 Decrease3 47.9
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 212,186 25.1 Decrease10.0 36 Decrease8 29.8
Green Alternative List (GAL) 114,261 13.5 Increase6.3 19 Increase10 6.6
Statt Party (STATT) 46,894 5.6 New 8 New 6.6
The Republicans (REP) 40,856 4.8 Increase3.6 0 ±0 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 35,236 4.2 Decrease1.2 0 Decrease7 0
German People's Union (DVU) 23,618 2.8 Increase2.8 0 ±0 0
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE) 13,329 1.6 Increase0.7 0 ±0 0
Others 16,832 2.0 0 ±0 0
Total 844,902 100.0 121 ±0
Voter turnout 69.9 Increase3.8
Popular Vote
SPD
40.44%
CDU
25.11%
GAL
13.52%
STATT
5.55%
REP
4.84%
FDP
4.17%
DVU
2.80%
Other
2.57%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
47.93%
CDU
29.75%
GAL
15.70%
STATT
6.61%

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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
  2. ^ Bürgerschaftswahl 1993 (in German), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), archived from the original on 2011-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-26