Hamburg state election, 2001

Hamburg state election, 2001
23 September 2001
All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ortwin Runde Ole von Beust Ronald Schill
Party SPD CDU Law and Order
Last election 40.4% 30.7% —
Seats before 54 46 —
Seats won 46 33 25
Seat change Decrease8 Decrease13 Increase25
Popular vote 310,362 223,015 165,421
Percentage 36.5% 26.2% 19.4%
Swing Decrease3.9% Decrease4.5% Increase19.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Green FDP
Last election 13.9% 3.8%
Seats before 21 0
Seats won 11 6
Seat change Decrease10 Increase6
Popular vote 72,771 43,214
Percentage 8.6% 5.1%
Swing Decrease5.3% Increase1.3%
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The Hamburg state election, 2001, was conducted on 23 September 2001, to elect members to the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft (state and city legislature) of Hamburg. It was the 17th legislative period of the parliament.

Results

Party Party List votes Vote percentage Total Seats Seat percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 310,362 36.5% (+0.3) 46 (-8) 38.0%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 223,015 26.2% (-4.5) 33 (-13) 27.3%
Law and Order Offensive Party (Offensive) 165,421 19.4% (+19.4) 25 (+25) 20.7%
Green-Alternative List (GAL) 72,771 8.6% (-5.3) 11 (-10) 9.1%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 43,214 5.1% (+1.6) 6 (+6) 5.0%
Rainbow - For a new Left (Regenbogen) 14.247 1.7% (+1.7) 0 (+0) 0.0%
All Others 21,638 2.5% (-13.2) 0 0.0%
Totals 824,128 100.0% 121 100.0%

Post-election

Seats of the Hamburg Parliament after the election.

Ole von Beust (CDU) was able to form a controversial coalition-government with the centre-right FDP and the populist conservative Offensive from Ronald Schill.[1] He was elected as first mayor instead of Ortwin Runde (SPD), who had been mayor since 1997.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Erlanger, Steven (2002-01-23). "Hamburg Journal; 'Judge Merciless' Thinks All Germany Needs Him". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-21.

Sources


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