Hamburg state election, 1966

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On 27 March 1966, elections for members of the sixth legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg.[1] There were 1,375,491 eligible voters.[2]

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Results

959,816 voters, meaning a turnout of 69.8%, gave 947,802 valid and 12,014 invalid votes.[2]

Party Vote percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 59.0%[2]
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 30.0%[2]
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 6.8%[2]
National Democratic Party (NPD) 3.9%[2]

Post-election

Herbert Weichmann continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg.

See also

References

  1. ^ (in German) Wahltermine in Hamburg seit 1946, The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2008, http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/landtagswahlen/wahltermine/hamburg.html, retrieved 2009-03-24 
  2. ^ a b c d e f (in German) Bürgerschaftswahl 1966, Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), http://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/wahldb/results.php?action=tables&voteid=12, retrieved 2009-03-24