2020 Hamburg state election

2020 Hamburg state election

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All 123 seats in the Hamburg Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,054,861 (63.2%) 6.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Tschentscher Katharina Fegebank Marcus Weinberg Party SPD Greens CDU Last election 58 seats, 45.6% 15 seats, 12.3% 20 seats, 15.9% Seats won 54 33 15 Seat change 4 18 5 Popular vote 1,591,098 980,361 452,372 Percentage 39.2% 24.2% 11.2% Swing 6.4% 11.9% 4.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Cansu Özdemir Dirk Nockemann Anna-Elisabeth von Treuenfels-Frowein Party Left AfD FDP Last election 11 seats, 8.5% 8 seats, 6.1% 9 seats, 7.4% Seats won 13 7 1 Seat change 2 1 8 Popular vote 368,471 214,596 201,162 Percentage 9.1% 5.3% 4.9% Swing 0.6% 0.8% 2.5%
Government before election First Tschentscher senate SPD–Green Government after election Second Tschentscher senate SPD–Green

The 2020 Hamburg state election was held on 23 February 2020 to elect the members of the 22nd Hamburg Parliament. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by First Mayor Peter Tschentscher.

Despite losses, the SPD remained comfortably in first place with 39% of votes. The Greens doubled their vote share to 24%, becoming the second largest party in the state Parliament for the first time.^[2] The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered their worst ever result in Hamburg, and their worst result in any state election since 1952, falling to third place with 11% of votes.^[3] The Left achieved a small upswing and remained in fourth place. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) narrowly cleared the 5% electoral threshold, recording a decline compared to its previous result for the first time in any state or national-level election. The Free Democratic Party lost a third of its vote share and fell narrowly short of the 5% electoral threshold, in total winning only one seat from a direct constituency.

The SPD–Green government was returned with an increased majority of 87 seats, comprising 71% of the Parliament. The coalition was subsequently renewed.^[4] Peter Tschentscher was re-elected Mayor on 10 June.^[5]