Hamburg state election, 2015

Hamburg state election, 2015
Hamburg
February 15, 2015[1]
All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.
61 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Olaf Scholz Dietrich Wersich Katharina Fegebank
Party SPD CDU Green
Seats before 62 28 14
Seats won 58 20 15
Seat change Decrease4 Decrease8 Increase1
Popular vote 1,611,274 561,377 432,713
Percentage 45.6% 15.9% 12.3%
Swing Decrease2.8% Decrease6.0% Increase1.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Dora Heyenn Katja Suding Jörn Kruse
Party Left FDP AfD
Seats before 8 9 Did Not Exist
Seats won 11 9 8
Seat change Increase3 Steady0 N/A
Popular vote 300,567 262,157 214,833
Percentage 8.5% 7.4% 6.1%
Swing Increase2.1% Increase0.7% N/A
Mayor before election

Olaf Scholz
SPD

 Elected Mayor

Olaf Scholz
SPD

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On February 15, 2015, a state election was held in Hamburg, Germany, for the 21st legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after World War II.

Polls

Institute Date SPD
 CDU
 LINKE
 GRÜNE
 FDP
 AfD
 All others
FGW[2] 11–12 February 2015 47% 17% 8.5% 12% 6% 5% 4.5%
FGW[3] 3–5 February 2015 45% 19% 9.5% 11% 6% 5% 4.5%
Infratest dimap[4] 3–4 February 2015 46% 18% 9% 11% 5.5% 5.5% 5%
Infratest dimap[5] 23–27 January 2015 44% 20% 9% 13% 5% 6% 3%

Results


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 Summary of the 2015 Parliament of Hamburg election results
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – SPD		 1,611,274 45.6 Decrease2.8 58 Decrease4
Christian Democratic Union
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands – CDU		 561,377 15.9 Decrease6.0 20 Decrease8
Alliance '90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 432,713 12.3 Increase1.1 15 Increase1
Left
Die Linke		 300,567 8.5 Increase2.1 11 Increase3
Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP		 262,157 7.4 Increase0.7 9 Steady0
Alternative for Germany
Alternative für Deutschland – AfD		 214,833 6.1 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A 8 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
Pirate Party Germany
Piratenpartei Deutschland		 54,802 1.6 Decrease0.5 0 Steady0
Die PARTEI
Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative		 31,710 0.9 Increase0.2 0 Steady0
New Liberals
Neue Liberale		 18,464 0.5 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A 0 style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A
Ecological Democratic Party
Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP		 13,621 0.4 Increase0.1 0 Steady0
National Democratic Party of Germany
Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - NPD		 11,293 0.3 Decrease0.6 0 Steady0
Other parties 17,286 0.5 Decrease1.0 0 Steady
Turnout 733,551 56.5 Decrease0.8
Electorate 1,299,411 100.00
Source: Statistikamt Nord

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/kuenftige_wahlen/
  2. ↑ "Absolute Mehrheit für Scholz und SPD noch möglich". heute.de (in German). 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  3. ↑ "CDU in Hamburg nur noch bei 19 Prozent". welt.de (in German). 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  4. ↑ "Umfrage: SPD baut Vorsprung weiter aus". NDR.de (in German). 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Umfrage: SPD legt zu, AfD und FDP drin". NDR.de (in German). 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-02-08.

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