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The number of elections in Hamburg varies. Hamburg has a state election every four years, the elections for the state parliament. There are also elections to the federal diet (the lower house of the federal parliament) of Germany, the local elections of the diet of the boroughs (Bezirksversammlungen) and every five years to the European Parliament. All elections take place by universal adult suffrage and are regulated by law.
Voting system
The voting system for the state and local elections is a mixed member proportional representation. In 2007 the constitutional court of Hamburg declared a new form of election threshold for the state parliament elections unconstitutional.[1]
Referendum and citizen's initiative
Since 1996 citizen's initiatives or a referendums (Volksbegehren or Volksentscheid) are possible in Hamburg.[2][3]
History
Since the second world war, state elections have been held on the following dates:[4]
| # | Date | Election |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 October 1946 | Hamburg state election, 1946 |
| 2. | 16 October 1949 | Hamburg state election, 1949 |
| 3. | 1 November 1953 | Hamburg state election, 1953 |
| 4. | 10 November 1957 | Hamburg state election, 1957 |
| 5. | 12 November 1961 | Hamburg state election, 1961 |
| 6. | 27 March 1966 | Hamburg state election, 1966 |
| 7. | 22 March 1970 | Hamburg state election, 1970 |
| 8. | 3 March 1974 | Hamburg state election, 1974 |
| 9. | 4 June 1978 | Hamburg state election, 1978 |
| 10. | 6 June 1982 | Hamburg state election, June 1982 |
| 11. | 19 December 1982 | Hamburg state election, December 1982 |
| 12. | 9 November 1986 | Hamburg state election, 1986 |
| 13. | 17 May 1987 | Hamburg state election, 1987 |
| 14. | 2 June 1991 | Hamburg state election, 1991 |
| 15. | 19 September 1993 | Hamburg state election, 1993 |
| 16. | 21 September 1997 | Hamburg state election, 1997 |
| 17. | 23 September 2001 | Hamburg state election, 2001 |
| 18. | 29 February 2004 | Hamburg state election, 2004 |
| 19. | 24 February 2008 | Hamburg state election, 2008 |
| 20. | 20 February 2011 | Hamburg state election, 2011 |
| 21. | 15 February 2015 | Hamburg state election, 2015 |
Results
For the election of 2009 (2004) to the European Union there were 1,256,701 (2004: 1.227.905) voters, a turnout of 34.7% (34.9), gave 432,633 (421,029) valid and 3,633 (7,834) invalid votes.[5] For the state election 2008 there were 1,236,671 voters, with a tournout of 63.4% for the first vote (63.5% 2nd vote/party vote) gave 3,723,546 votes for the first vote (direct candidate vote) and 777,531 for the 2nd vote (party vote).[6]
| Party | EU 2009 Votes |
EU 2009 Vote % |
State 2008 First Vote |
State 2008 First Vote % |
State 2008 Party vote (2nd vote) |
State 2008 Party vote (2nd vote) % |
EU 2004 Votes |
EU 2004 Vote % |
Difference EU 2009 to 2004 in % pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 128,443 | 29.7 | 1,451,742 | 39.0 | 331,067 | 42,6 | 154,690 | 36.7 | -7.1 |
| SPD | 109,766 | 25.4 | 1,214,263 | 32.6 | 265,516 | 34.1 | 106,325 | 25.3 | 0.1 |
| GRÜNE | 88,823 | 20.5 | 508,118 | 13.6 | 74,472 | 9.6 | 103,454 | 24.6 | -4.0 |
| FDP | 48,225 | 11.1 | 222,598 | 6.0 | 36,953 | 4.8 | 22,991 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| DIE LINKE | 29,181 | 6.7 | 274,196 | 7.4 | 50,132 | 6.4 | 11,872 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| Die Tierschutzpartei | 2,905 | 0.7 | – | – | – | – | 3,237 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| REP | 1,527 | 0.4 | – | – | – | – | 1,589 | 0.4 | -0.0 |
| FAMILIE | 1,493 | 0.3 | – | – | – | – | 1,534 | 0.4 | -0.0 |
| DIE FRAUEN | 836 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | 1,351 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Volksabstimmung | 720 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | 1,217 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| PBC | 806 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | 1,027 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| DKP | 521 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | 900 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| ödp | 1,054 | 0,2 | 2,065 | 0.1 | 981 | 0.1 | 677 | 0,2 | 0,1 |
| AUFBRUCH | 271 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | 395 | 0.1 | -0,0 |
| BüSo | 123 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | 315 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| PSG | 153 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | 260 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| CM | 268 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | 255 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 50Plus | 763 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| AUF | 355 | 0,1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BP | 188 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| DVU | 1,538 | 0.4 | – | – | 6,354 | 0.8 | – | – | – |
| DIE GRAUEN | 794 | 0.2 | – | – | 2,399 | 0.3 | – | – | – |
| DIE VIOLETTEN | 672 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| EDE | 235 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| FBI | 261 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| VOLKSENTSCHEIDE | 686 | 0.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| FW FREIE WÄHLER | 2,564 | 0.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Newropeans | 443 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| PIRATEN | 5,097 | 1.2 | 2,207 | 0.1 | 1,773 | 0.2 | – | – | – |
| RRP | 1,545 | 0.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| RENTNER | 2,377 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ZENTRUM | – | – | 2,574 | 0.1 | 646 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| Die PARTEI | – | – | 6,698 | 0.2 | 1,958 | 0.3 | – | – | – |
| Kusch | – | – | 29,746 | 0.8 | 3,519 | 0.5 | – | – | – |
| Others | – | – | 7,154 | 0.2 | – | – | 8,940 | 2.1 | – |
References
- ↑ Die Geschichte des Hamburger Wahlrechts (in German), Mehr Demokratie e.V., retrieved 2009-07-24
- ↑ Constitution of Hamburg Verfassung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (in German) (11th ed.), 1952-06-06, retrieved 2009-07-22
- ↑ Act of Referendum Hamburgisches Gesetz über Volksinitiative, Volksbegehren und Volksentscheid (Volksabstimmungsgesetz - VAbstG) (in German), 1996-06-20, retrieved 2009-07-24
- ↑ Wahltermine in Hamburg seit 1946 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2008, retrieved 2009-03-24
- ↑ Endgültiges Ergebnis der Europawahl 2009 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2009, retrieved 2009-07-24
- ↑ Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bürgerschaftswahl 2008 (PDF) (in German), The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2008, retrieved 2009-07-24
External links
- Gesetz über die Wahl zur hamburgischen Bürgerschaft (BüWG) in der Fassung vom 22. Juli 1986 (German)
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