2004 Hamburg state election

2004 Hamburg state election

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All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout824,317 (68.7%)
Decrease 2.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ole von Beust Thomas Mirow
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 33 seats, 26.2% 46 seats, 36.5% 11 seats, 8.6%
Seats won 63 41 17
Seat change Increase 30 Decrease 5 Increase 6
Popular vote 389,170 251,441 101,227
Percentage 47.2% 30.5% 12.3%
Swing Increase 21.0% Decrease 6.0% Increase 3.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mario Mettbach
Party FDP PRO
Last election 6 seats, 5.1% 25 seats, 19.4%
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 6 Decrease 25
Popular vote 23,373 3,046
Percentage 2.8% 0.4%
Swing Decrease 2.3% Decrease 19.0%

Mayor before election

Ole von Beust
CDU

Elected Mayor

Ole von Beust
CDU

The 2004 Hamburg state election was held on 29 February 2004 to elect the members of the 18th Hamburg Parliament. The election was triggered by the collapse of the coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (PRO), and Free Democratic Party (FDP). The election saw a collapse in support for PRO which had split after its leader Ronald Schill left in 2003. The original party and Schill's new party captured 3.5% of the vote between them, down from 19.4% in 2001. A huge amount of support flowed to the CDU, which won 63 of the 121 seats in Parliament, forming a majority government. First Mayor Ole von Beust continued in office.[1]

  1. ^ Mayor von Beust to govern alone after victory in Hamburg election, Deutsche Welle, 2004, retrieved 2008-08-13