Hamburg state election, 1993

September 19, 1993

All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Henning Voscherau
Party	SPD	CDU	Green
Last election	48.0%	35.1%	7.2%
Seats before	61	44	9
Seats won	58	36	19
Seat change	-3	-8	+10
Popular vote	341,688	212,186	114,263
Percentage			13.5%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	STATT	REP	FDP
Last election	—	1.2%	5.4%
Seats before	—	0	7
Seats won	8	0	0
Seat change	+8	0	-7
Popular vote	46,894	40,856	35,236
Percentage	5.6%	4.8%	4.2%
Swing	+5.6%	+3.6%	-1.2%

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On September 19, 1993, Hamburg state elections for members of the 15th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg.^[1] There were 1,240,259 eligible voters.^[2]

Results

863,190 voters, meaning a turnout of 69.6%, gave 844,902 valid and 18,288 invalid votes.^[2] The election threshold to send a member to the Hamburg Parliament is 5%.

Party	Vote percentage	Seats in parliament
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	40.4%^[2]	58
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	21.5%^[2]	36
Green party/GAL	13.5%^[2]	19
STATT	5.6%^[2]	8
The Republicans (REP)	4.8%^[2]	–
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	4.2%^[2]	–
German People's Union (DVU)	2.8%^[2]	–

Post-election

Seats of the Hamburg Parliament after the election 1993

First Mayor Henning Voscherau was elected to be the head of state by the Hamburg Parliament again, although he did not have an absolute majority. The SPD formed a coalition with the Statt party. Erhard Rittershaus, without party membership, became second mayor for the Statt party.

References

↑ Wahltermine in Hamburg seit 1946 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2008, retrieved 2009-03-24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bürgerschaftswahl 1993 (in German), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), retrieved 2009-07-26

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