The number of elections in Hamburg varies. Hamburg has a state of elections, the elections for the state parliament . There are aussi 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 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 referendums ( Volksbegehren or Volksentscheid ) are possible in Hamburg. [2] [3]
History
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Since the second world war has been held on the following dates: [4]
| # | Dated | Election |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | October 13, 1946 | Hamburg state election, 1946 |
| 2. | October 16, 1949 | Hamburg state election, 1949 |
| 3. | 1 November 1953 | Hamburg state election, 1953 |
| 4. | November 10, 1957 | Hamburg state election, 1957 |
| 5. | November 12, 1961 | Hamburg state election, 1961 |
| 6. | March 27, 1966 | Hamburg state election, 1966 |
| 7. | 22 March 1970 | Hamburg state election, 1970 |
| 8. | March 3, 1974 | Hamburg state election, 1974 |
| 9. | 4 June 1978 | Hamburg state election, 1978 |
| 10. | June 6, 1982 | Hamburg state election, June 1982 |
| 11. | 19 December 1982 | Hamburg state election, December 1982 |
| 12. | 9 November 1986 | Hamburg state election, 1986 |
| 13. | May 17, 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. | February 29, 2004 | Hamburg state election, 2004 |
| 19. | 24 February 2008 | Hamburg state election, 2008 |
| 20. | February 20, 2011 | Hamburg state election, 2011 |
| 21. | February 15, 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 vote of 63.4% for the first vote (63.5% 2nd vote / party vote) gave 3,723,546 votes for the first 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 | 1451742 | 39.0 | 331.067 | 42.6 | 154.690 | 36.7 | -7.1 |
| SPD | 109.766 | 25.4 | 1214263 | 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 |
| dp | 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 |
| Buso | 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
- Jump up^ Die Geschichte from Hamburger Wahlrechts (in German), Mehr Demokratie eV , retrieved 2009-07-24
- Jump up^ Constitution of Hamburg Verfassung der Freien and Hansestadt Hamburg (in German) (11th ed.), 6 June 1952, archived from the original on 10 June 2007 , retrieved 22 July 2009
- Jump up^ Act of Referendum Hamburgisches Gesetz über Volksinitiative, Volksbegehren and Volksentscheid (Volksabstimmungsgesetz – VAbstG) (in German), 20 June 1996, archived from the original on 27 September 2007 , retrieved 2009-07-24
- Jump up^ Wahltermine in Hamburg seit 1946 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer ( Bundeswahlleiter ), 2008, archived from the original on 5 March 2009 , retrieved 24 March 2009
- Jump up^ Endgültiges Ergebnis der Europawahl 2009 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer ( Bundeswahlleiter ), 2009 , retrieved 2009-07-24
- Jump up^ Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bürgerschaftswahl 2008 (PDF) (in German), The Federal Returning Officer ( Bundeswahlleiter ), 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011 , retrieved 2009-07-24