2008 Hamburg state election

2008 Hamburg state election
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All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout777,531 (63.5%)
Decrease 5.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ole von Beust Michael Naumann
Party CDU SPD
Last election 63 seats, 47.2% 41 seats, 30.5%
Seats won 56 45
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 4
Popular vote 331,067 265,516
Percentage 42.6% 34.1%
Swing Decrease 4.6% Increase 3.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Christa Goetsch Dora Heyenn
Party Greens Left
Last election 17 seats, 12.3% Did not run
Seats won 12 8
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 8
Popular vote 74,472 50,132
Percentage 9.6% 6.4%
Swing Decrease 2.7% Increase 6.4%
Mayor before election

Ole von Beust
CDU

Elected Mayor

Ole von Beust
CDU

The 2008 Hamburg state election was held on 24 February 2008 to elect the members of the 19th Hamburg Parliament.[1] The incumbent Christian Democratic Union led by First Mayor Ole von Beust government lost its majority. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition government with the Green Alternative List. This was the first time the CDU had formed a state government with the Greens in Germany.[2][3]

  1. ^ Parkin, Brian (November 30, 2007), Merkel's Party Must Be `Resolute,' Resist SPD, Lawmakers Say, Bloomberg.com, retrieved 2009-07-24
  2. ^ "German conservatives win most votes", USA Today, 2008-02-24, retrieved 2008-08-13
  3. ^ Kopp, Martin (2008-08-12), Geheime Absprachen zwischen CDU und Grünen (in German), Hamburg, Germany: Die Welt, archived from the original on 2009-06-29, retrieved 2008-08-13.