2001 Hamburg state election

Hamburg state election, 2001

September 23, 2001
All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ortwin Runde Ole von Beust Ronald Schill Party SPD CDU Law and Order Offensive Party Last election 40.4% 30.7% — Seats before 54 46 — Seats won 46 33 25 Seat change -8 -13 +25 Popular vote 310,362 223,015 165,421 Percentage 36.5% 26.2% 19.4% Swing -3.9% -4.5% +19.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Greens FDP Last election 13.9% 3.8% Seats before 21 0 Seats won 11 6 Seat change -10 +6 Popular vote 72,771 43,214 Percentage 8.6% 5.1% Swing -5.3% +1.3%

The Hamburg state election, 2001, was conducted on September 23, 2001, to elect members to the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft (state and city legislature) of Hamburg. It was the 17th legislative period of the parliament.

Results

Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage	Total Seats	Seat percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	310,362	36.5% (+0.3)	46 (-8)	38.0%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	223,015	26.2% (-4.5)	33 (-13)	27.3%
Law and Order Offensive Party (Offensive)	165,421	19.4% (+19.4)	25 (+25)	20.7%
Green-Alternative List (GAL)	72,771	8.6% (-5.3)	11 (-10)	9.1%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	43,214	5.1% (+1.6)	6 (+6)	5.0%
Rainbow - For a new Left (Regenbogen)	14.247	1.7% (+1.7)	0 (+0)	0.0%
All Others	21,638	2.5% (-13.2)	0	0.0%
Totals	824,128	100.0%	121	100.0%

Post-election

Seats of the Hamburg Parliament after the election.

Ole von Beust (CDU) was able to form a controversial coalition-government with the centre-right FDP and the populist conservative Offensive from Ronald Schill. He was elected as first mayor instead of Ortwin Runde (SPD), who had been mayor since 1997.

See also

• Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer