1997 Hamburg state election
Introduction The '''1997 Hamburg state election''' was held on 21 September 1997 to elect the members of the 16th Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Statt Party under First Mayor Henning Voscherau was defeated as Statt lost all its seats. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with the Green Alternative List (GAL). Voscherau declined to run for re-election as First Mayor due to the SPD's poor performance, and fellow SPD member Ortwin Runde succeeded him.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 15th Hamburg Parliament. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1993 result Votes (%) Seats '''SPD''' Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Henning Voscherau 40.4%  '''CDU''' Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy  25.1%  '''GAL''' Green Alternative List Green politics  13.5%  '''STATT''' STATT - Party of Independents Populism  5.6%
Election result  Party Votes % +/- Seats  +/- Seats %  Social Democratic Party (SPD) 297,901 36.2 4.2 54 4 44.6  Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 252,640 30.7 5.6 46 10 38.0  Green Alternative List (GAL) 114,387 13.9 0.4 21 2 17.4  German People's Union (DVU) 40,957 5.0 2.2 0 ±0 0  Statt Party (STATT) 31,401 3.8 1.8 0 8 0  Free Democratic Party (FDP) 28,664 3.5 0.7 0 ±0 0  The Republicans (REP) 15,207 1.8 3.0 0 ±0 0  League of Citizens (BfB) 10,914 1.3 1.3 0 ±0 0 Others 30,440 3.7  0 ±0 0 Total 822,511 100.0  121 ±0  Voter turnout  68.7 1.2
See also *Elections in Germany*Elections in Hamburg*Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic
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