Hamburg state election, 2015

Hamburg state election, 2015

February 15, 2015[1]

All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament. 61 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Olaf Scholz Dietrich Wersich Katharina Fegebank Party SPD CDU Green Seats before 62 28 14 Seats won 58 20 15 Seat change 4 8 1 Popular vote 1,611,274 561,377 432,713 Percentage 45.6% 15.9% 12.3% Swing 2.8% 6.0% 1.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Dora Heyenn Katja Suding Jörn Kruse Party Left FDP AfD Seats before 8 9 Did Not Exist Seats won 11 9 8 Seat change 3 0 N/A Popular vote 300,567 262,157 214,833 Percentage 8.5% 7.4% 6.1% Swing 2.1% 0.7% N/A

Mayor before election Olaf Scholz SPD Elected Mayor Olaf Scholz SPD

On February 15, 2015, a state election was held in Hamburg, Germany, for the 21st legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after World War II.

Polls

Institute	Date	SPD	CDU	LINKE	GRÜNE	FDP	AfD	All others
FGW[2]	11–12 February 2015	47%	17%	8.5%	12%	6%	5%	4.5%
FGW[3]	3–5 February 2015	45%	19%	9.5%	11%	6%	5%	4.5%
Infratest dimap[4]	3–4 February 2015	46%	18%	9%	11%	5.5%	5.5%	5%
Infratest dimap[5]	23–27 January 2015	44%	20%	9%	13%	5%	6%	3%

Results

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 Summary of the 2015 Parliament of Hamburg election results

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands – SPD	1,611,274	45.6	2.8	58	4
	Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands – CDU	561,377	15.9	6.0	20	8
	Alliance '90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	432,713	12.3	1.1	15	1
	Left Die Linke	300,567	8.5	2.1	11	3
	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP	262,157	7.4	0.7	9	0
	Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland – AfD	214,833	6.1	N/A	8	N/A
	Pirate Party Germany Piratenpartei Deutschland	54,802	1.6	0.5	0	0
	Die PARTEI Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative	31,710	0.9	0.2	0	0
	New Liberals Neue Liberale	18,464	0.5	N/A	0	N/A
	Ecological Democratic Party Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP	13,621	0.4	0.1	0	0
	National Democratic Party of Germany Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - NPD	11,293	0.3	0.6	0	0
	Other parties	17,286	0.5	1.0	0
Turnout		733,551	56.5	0.8
Electorate		1,299,411	100.00
Source: Statistikamt Nord

See also

• Elections in Hamburg
• Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic

References

1. http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/kuenftige_wahlen/
2. "Absolute Mehrheit für Scholz und SPD noch möglich". heute.de (in German). 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
3. "CDU in Hamburg nur noch bei 19 Prozent". welt.de (in German). 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
4. "Umfrage: SPD baut Vorsprung weiter aus". NDR.de (in German). 2015-02-05. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
5. "Umfrage: SPD legt zu, AfD und FDP drin". NDR.de (in German). 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-02-08.

External links

• Media related to Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg 2015 at Wikimedia Commons