The 2004 Hamburg state election was held on 29 February 2004 to elect the members of the 18th

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 election was triggered by the collapse of the

coalition government A coalition government is a form of government in which political parties cooperate to form a government. The usual reason for such an arrangement is that no single party has achieved an absolute majority after an election, an atypical outcome in ...

between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),

Party for a Rule of Law Offensive The Party for a Rule of Law Offensive, Rule of Law State Offensive Party,, Party for the Promotion of the Rule of Law, Law and Order Offensive Party, or Party of Law and Order Offensive (german: Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive),''Rechtsstaat'' i ...

(PRO), and Free Democratic Party (FDP). The election saw a collapse in support for PRO which had split after its leader

Ronald Schill Ronald Barnabas Schill (born 23 November 1958) is a former German judge, the founder of the German political parties Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (''Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive''; also called PRO or "Schill party") and ''Pro DM/Schill ...

left in 2003. The original party and Schill's new party captured 3.5% of the vote between them, down from 19.4% in 2001. A huge amount of support flowed to the CDU, which won 63 of the 121 seats in Parliament, forming a majority government. 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 ...

continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 17th Hamburg Parliament.

Background

In August 2003, Mayor von Beust made moves to dismiss an Interior official suspected of corruption. In response, Senator of the Interior Ronald Schill threatened to spread rumours of an affair between von Beust and the Senator of Justice. Schill was subsequently dismissed from the government. In December of the same year, Schill left his own party along with five of its members of Parliament, depriving the government of its majority. He subsequently joined Pro DM.

Opinion polling

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 389,170 , align= 47.2 , align= 21.0 , align= 63 , align= 30 , align= 52.1 , - , 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= 251,441 , align= 30.5 , align= 6.0 , align= 41 , align= 5 , align= 33.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Green Alternative List (GAL) , align= 101,227 , align= 12.3 , align= 3.7 , align= 17 , align= 6 , align= 14.0 , - ! colspan=8, , - , , align=left , Pro Deutsche Mitte – Initiative Pro D-Mark (Pro DM) , align= 25,763 , align= 3.1 , align= 2.9 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 23,373 , align= 2.8 , align= 2.3 , align= 0 , align= 6 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=#2E8B57, , align=left , Rainbow – For a new left (REGENBOGEN) , align= 9,200 , align= 1.1 , align= 0.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=grey, , align=left ,

The Grays – Gray Panthers The Grays – Gray Panthers () was a small German political party and interest group which existed between 1989 and 2008. The party was founded by former Die Grünen MP and activist Trude Unruh, having emerged from the Senior Citizens Protectio ...

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References

External links

The Federal Returning Officer
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