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 par ...
. 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
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(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 (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor under Angela Merkel and as Federal Minister ...
lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition government with
The Greens, 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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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
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(SPD)
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
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Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...
(Grüne)
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The Left (Linke)
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Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
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(FDP)
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Alternative for Germany
Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist
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(AfD)
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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 infor ...
(Piraten)
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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
Elections in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ''(Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg)'' to its state parliament, the '' Hamburgische Bürgerschaft'', during the Weimar Republic were held at irregular intervals between 1919 and 1932. Results with ...
References
External links
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2015 elections in Germany
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February 2015 events in Germany
Olaf Scholz