The 2015 Hamburg state election was held on 15 February 2015 to elect the members of the 21st

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

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) government led by First Mayor

Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz (; born ) is a German politician who has served as the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor of German ...

lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition government with

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, and Scholz continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 20th Hamburg Parliament.

Opinion polling

Election result

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(SPD) , align= 1,611,274 , align= 45.6 , align= 2.8 , align= 58 , align= 4 , align= 47.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 561,377 , align= 15.9 , align= 6.0 , align= 20 , align= 8 , align= 16.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

(Grüne) , align= 432,713 , align= 12.3 , align= 1.1 , align= 15 , align= 1 , align= 12.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 300,567 , align= 8.5 , align= 2.1 , align= 11 , align= 3 , align= 9.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 262,157 , align= 7.4 , align= 0.7 , align= 9 , align= 0 , align= 7.4 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist * * * * * * * political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. I ...

(AfD) , align= 214,833 , align= 6.1 , align= New , align= 8 , align= New , align= 6.6 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Pirate Party Germany The Pirate Party Germany (german: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the informat ...

(Piraten) , align= 54,802 , align= 1.6 , align= 0.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 92,374 , align= 2.6 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 3,530,097 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 121 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 56.5 ! align= 0.8 ! align= ! align= ! align=

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamburg state election, 2015 2015 elections in Germany 2015 state election

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Parties

Opinion polling

Election result

See also

References

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