The 1997 Hamburg state election was held on 21 September 1997 to elect the members of the 16th

Hamburg Parliament The Hamburg Parliament (german: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft; literally “Hamburgish Citizenry”) is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parli ...

. The incumbent government of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(SPD) and Statt Party under First Mayor

Henning Voscherau Henning Voscherau (13 August 1941 – 24 August 2016) was a German politician who was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was the First Mayor of his home city of Hamburg from 1988 to 1997, serving as President of the Bundesra ...

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 Ortwin Runde (born 12 February 1944) is a German politician from the Social Democratic party. He was the First Mayor (''Erster Bürgermeister'') of the Free and Hanseatic City Hamburg from 1997 to 2001. Early life and education Runde was born i ...

succeeded him.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 15th Hamburg Parliament.

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 297,901 , align= 36.2 , align= 4.2 , align= 54 , align= 4 , align= 44.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 252,640 , align= 30.7 , align= 5.6 , align= 46 , align= 10 , align= 38.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Green Alternative List (GAL) , align= 114,387 , align= 13.9 , align= 0.4 , align= 21 , align= 2 , align= 17.4 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

German People's Union The German People's Union (german: Deutsche Volksunion, DVU, also ''Liste D'') was a political party in Germany. It was founded by publisher Gerhard Frey as an informal association in 1971 and established as a party in 1987. Financially, it was l ...

(DVU) , align= 40,957 , align= 5.0 , align= 2.2 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=darkblue, , align=left , Statt Party (STATT) , align= 31,401 , align= 3.8 , align= 1.8 , align= 0 , align= 8 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 28,664 , align= 3.5 , align= 0.7 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 15,207 , align= 1.8 , align= 3.0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , , align=left , League of Citizens (BfB) , align= 10,914 , align= 1.3 , align= 1.3 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 30,440 , align= 3.7 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 822,511 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 121 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 68.7 ! align= 1.2 ! align= ! align= ! align=

References

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Parties

Election result

See also

References