1993 Hamburg state election

1993 Hamburg state election
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All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout844,902 (69.9%)
Increase 3.8%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Henning Voscherau
Party SPD CDU
Last election 61 seats, 48.0% 44 seats, 35.1%
Seats won 58 36
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 8
Popular vote 341,688 212,186
Percentage 40.4% 25.1%
Swing Decrease 7.6% Decrease 10.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens Statt
Last election 9 seats, 7.2% Did not exist
Seats won 19 8
Seat change Increase 10 Increase 8
Popular vote 114,263 46,894
Percentage 13.5% 5.6%
Swing Increase 6.3% New party
Mayor before election

Henning Voscherau
SPD

Elected Mayor

Henning Voscherau
SPD

The 1993 Hamburg state election was held on 19 September 1993 to elect the members of the 15th Hamburg Parliament.[1][2] The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) lost its majority. The election saw the entry of the Statt Party into Parliament, with which the SPD formed a coalition. First Mayor Henning Voscherau continued in office.

  1. ^ Wahltermine in Hamburg seit 1946 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2008, archived from the original on 2009-03-05, retrieved 2009-03-24
  2. ^ Bürgerschaftswahl 1993 (in German), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), archived from the original on 2011-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-26