The 2008 Hamburg state election was held on 24 February 2008 to elect the members of the 19th
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
Christian Democratic Union led by
First Mayor Ole von Beust
Ole von Beust (born 13 April 1955) is a former German politician who was First Mayor of Hamburg from 31 October 2001 to 25 August 2010, serving as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2007 on for one year. He was succeeded as mayor by Ch ...
government lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition government with the
Green Alternative List. This was the first time the CDU had formed a state government with the Greens in Germany.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 18th Hamburg Parliament.
Opinion polling
Election result
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! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
! Seats %
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 331,067
, align= 42.6
, align= 4.6
, align= 56
, align= 7
, align= 46.3
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
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)
, align= 265,516
, align= 34.1
, align= 3.6
, align= 45
, align= 4
, align= 37.2
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, align=left ,
Green Alternative List (GAL)
, align= 74,472
, align= 9.6
, align= 2.7
, align= 12
, align= 5
, align= 9.9
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, align=left ,
The Left (Linke)
, align= 50,132
, align= 6.4
, align= 6.4
, align= 8
, align= 8
, align= 6.6
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, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, align= 36,953
, align= 4.8
, align= 2.0
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, 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)
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, align= 0.8
, align= 0.8
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left , Others
, align= 13,037
, align= 1.7
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, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 777,531
! align= 100.0
! align=
! align= 121
! align= ±0
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 63.5
! align= 5.2
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See also
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Elections in Hamburg
The number of elections in Hamburg varies. Hamburg has a state election every five years, the elections for the state parliament. There are also elections to the federal diet (the lower house of the federal parliament) of Germany, the local el ...
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Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic
References
External links
The Federal Returning Officer Retrieved on 2009-08-30.
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