2008 Hamburg state election
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All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament 61 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Parties
[edit]The table below lists parties represented in the 18th Hamburg Parliament.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2004 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Ole von Beust | 47.2% | 63 / 121
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| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Michael Naumann | 30.5% | 41 / 121
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| GAL | Green Alternative List Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg |
Green politics | Christa Goetsch | 12.3% | 17 / 121
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Opinion polling
[edit]| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | GAL | FDP | Linke | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 state election | 24 Feb 2008 | – | 42.6 | 34.1 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| GMS | 18–20 Feb 2008 | 1,002 | 40 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| election.de | 14–19 Feb 2008 | 1,010 | 41 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Psephos | 12–16 Feb 2008 | 1,006 | 42 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 14–15 Feb 2008 | 1,000 | 39 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| Emnid | 5–12 Feb 2008 | 1,000 | 42 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 7 | ? | 10 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 12–14 Feb 2008 | 1,018 | 41 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Infratest dimap | 12–13 Feb 2008 | 1,000 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Infratest dimap | 29–30 Jan 2008 | 1,000 | 41 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Psephos | 18–23 Jan 2008 | 1,003 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 6 |
| election.de | 16–22 Jan 2008 | 750 | 37 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Infratest dimap | 2–4 Jan 2008 | 1,000 | 40 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Emnid | 10 Dec–2 Jan 2008 | 600 | 42 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| AMR Düsseldorf | 29 Dec 2007 | 1,000 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 7–12 Dec 2007 | 1,000 | 41 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| TNS Infratest | 4–7 Dec 2007 | 1,216 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 7 | ? | 7 |
| Psephos | 3–7 Dec 2007 | 1,007 | 44 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| Emnid | 22 Nov–5 Dec 2007 | 603 | 41 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Infratest dimap | 3–5 Sep 2007 | 1,000 | 42 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| TNS Infratest | 13–15 Aug 2007 | 1,001 | 42 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Psephos | 28 Jun–3 Jul 2007 | 1,005 | 45 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Forsa | 14–18 May 2007 | 1,001 | 41 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Emnid | 12–14 Mar 2007 | 1,000 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Psephos | 26–27 Feb 2007 | 958 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Emnid | 5–7 Feb 2007 | 1,000 | 43 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Psephos | 5 Jan 2007 | 1,002 | 44 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Infratest dimap | 19–22 Oct 2006 | 1,000 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Forsa | 1–8 Aug 2006 | 1,001 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| Psephos | 5 May 2006 | 1,004 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 12 |
| Psephos | 17 Feb 2006 | 1,005 | 47 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Emnid | 6–8 Feb 2006 | 1,000 | 46 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Psephos | 9 Jan 2006 | 721 | 46 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| Psephos | 3–6 Sep 2005 | 1,011 | 49 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Psephos | 2–3 Aug 2005 | 1,000 | 48 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| Psephos | 21–24 Apr 2005 | 1,002 | 46 | 29 | 14 | 4 | – | 7 | 17 |
| Psephos | 21–24 Feb 2005 | 1,005 | 48 | 29 | 14 | 3 | – | 6 | 19 |
| Psephos | 21–23 Oct 2004 | 1,001 | 48 | 28 | 14 | 4 | – | 6 | 20 |
| Emnid | 12 Aug 2004 | ? | 48 | 25 | 17 | 3 | – | 7 | 23 |
| Psephos | 18–22 Jun 2004 | 1,007 | 50 | 25 | 16 | 4 | – | 5 | 25 |
| 2004 state election | 29 Feb 2004 | – | 47.2 | 30.5 | 12.3 | 2.8 | – | 7.1 | 16.7 |
Election result
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 331,067 | 42.6 | 4.6
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56 | 7
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46.3 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 265,516 | 34.1 |  3.6
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45 | 4
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37.2 | |
| Green Alternative List (GAL) | 74,472 | 9.6 | 2.7
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12 | 5
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9.9 | |
| The Left (Linke) | 50,132 | 6.4 | 6.4
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8 | 8
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6.6 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 36,953 | 4.8 | 2.0
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0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| German People's Union (DVU) | 6,354 | 0.8 | 0.8
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0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Others | 13,037 | 1.7 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 777,531 | 100.0 | 121 | ±0 | |||
| Voter turnout | 63.5 | 5.2
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Parkin, Brian (November 30, 2007), Merkel's Party Must Be `Resolute,' Resist SPD, Lawmakers Say, Bloomberg.com, retrieved 2009-07-24
- ^ "German conservatives win most votes", USA Today, 2008-02-24, retrieved 2008-08-13
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved on 2009-08-30.
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