The number of elections in Hamburg varies. Hamburg has a state election every five years,Constitution of Hamburg 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.

Referendum and citizen's initiative Since 1996 citizen's initiatives or a referendums (Volksbegehren or Volksentscheid) are possible in Hamburg.Constitution of Hamburg Act of Referendum

History

Through political reforms in the 1850s the Hamburg parliament turned from an assembly of delegates into an elected legislative. Franchise and terms were changed several times. Until 1901 elections - each time of one fraction of the seats - were held at three consecutive days, till 1913 at possibly up to four days along the categories of enfranchised male state citizens (with citizenship not by birth, but facultative from a certain minimum of annually accrued taxes on, and obligatory from a certain higher level on) of (1) voters enfranchised due to a certain minimum of accrued taxes (voting since 1904 in a two-round system), (2) enfranchised due to owning land within the state boundary and (3) due to counting to the burgher notables (Notabeln) consisting of former and current incumbents of state and related offices. Being included in all three groups allowed a voter to participate thrice in each election. In 1918 franchise became equal and general including woman, elections were from then on held on one day only. State elections have been held on the following dates: # Date Election 1 14 to 21 November 1859 1859 Hamburg state election 2 1861 1861 Hamburg state election 3 1863 1863 Hamburg state election 4 1865 1865 Hamburg state election 5 1867 1867 Hamburg state election 6 1869 1869 Hamburg state election 7 1871 1871 Hamburg state election 8 1873 1873 Hamburg state election 9 1875 1875 Hamburg state election 10 1877 1877 Hamburg state election 11 1880 1880 Hamburg state election 12 1883 1883 Hamburg state election 13 1885 1885 Hamburg state election 14 1887 1887 Hamburg state election 15 1890 1890 Hamburg state election 16 1892 1892 Hamburg state election 17 1894 1894 Hamburg state election 18 1896 1896 Hamburg state election 19 1898 1898 Hamburg state election 20 early 1901 1901 Hamburg state election 21 begin on 13 February 1904 1904 Hamburg state election 22 1907 1907 Hamburg state election 23 1910 1910 Hamburg state election 24 1913 1913 Hamburg state election 25 16 March 1919 1919 Hamburg state election 26 20 February 1921 1921 Hamburg state election 27 26 October 1924 1924 Hamburg state election 28 9 October 1927 1927 Hamburg state election 29 19 February 1928 1928 Hamburg state election 30 27 September 1931 1931 Hamburg state election 31 24 April 1932 1932 Hamburg state election 32 13 October 1946 1946 Hamburg state election 33 16 October 1949 1949 Hamburg state election 34 1 November 1953 1953 Hamburg state election 35 10 November 1957 1957 Hamburg state election 36 12 November 1961 1961 Hamburg state election 37 27 March 1966 1966 Hamburg state election 38 22 March 1970 1970 Hamburg state election 39 3 March 1974 1974 Hamburg state election 40 4 June 1978 1978 Hamburg state election 41 6 June 1982 June 1982 Hamburg state election 42 19 December 1982 December 1982 Hamburg state election 43 9 November 1986 1986 Hamburg state election 44 17 May 1987 1987 Hamburg state election 45 2 June 1991 1991 Hamburg state election 46 19 September 1993 1993 Hamburg state election 47 21 September 1997 1997 Hamburg state election 48 23 September 2001 2001 Hamburg state election 49 29 February 2004 2004 Hamburg state election 50 24 February 2008 2008 Hamburg state election 51 20 February 2011 2011 Hamburg state election 52 15 February 2015 2015 Hamburg state election 53 23 February 2020 2020 Hamburg state election

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. For the state election 2008 there were 1,236,671 voters, with a turnout 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).

Party EU 2009Votes EU 2009Vote % State 2008First Vote State 2008 First Vote % State 2008Party vote (2nd vote) State 2008Party vote (2nd vote) % EU 2004Votes EU 2004Vote % Difference EU 2009 to 2004 in % pts. CDU 128,44329.71,451,74239.0331,06742,6154,69036.7-7.1 SPD 109,76625.41,214,26332.6265,51634.1106,32525.30.1 GRÜNE 88,82320.5508,11813.674,4729.6103,45424.6-4.0 FDP 48,22511.1222,5986.036,9534.822,9915.55.7 DIE LINKE 29,1816.7274,1967.450,1326.411,8722.83.9 Die Tierschutzpartei 2,9050.7 – – – – 3,2370.8-0.1 REP 1,5270.4 – – – – 1,5890.4-0.0 FAMILIE 1,4930.3 – – – – 1,5340.4 -0.0 DIE FRAUEN 8360.2 – – – – 1,3510.3-0.1 Volksabstimmung 7200.2 – – – – 1,2170.3-0.1 PBC 8060.2 – – – – 1,0270.2-0.1 DKP 5210.1 – – – – 9000.2 -0.1 ödp 1,0540,22,0650.19810.16770,20,1 AUFBRUCH 2710.1 – – – – 3950.1-0,0 BüSo 1230.0 – – – – 3150.1-0.0 PSG 1530.0 – – – – 2600.1-0.0 CM 2680.1 – – – – 2550.10.0 50Plus 7630.2 – – – – – – – AUF 3550,1 – – – – – – – BP 1880.0 – – – – – – – DVU 1,5380.4 – – 6,3540.8 – – – DIE GRAUEN 7940.2 – – 2,3990.3 – – – DIE VIOLETTEN 6720.2 – – – – – – – EDE 2350.1 – – – – – – – FBI 2610.1 – – – – – – – VOLKSENTSCHEIDE 6860.2 – – – – – – – FW FREIE WÄHLER 2,5640.6 – – – – – – – Newropeans 4430.1 – – – – – – – PIRATEN 5,0971.22,2070.11,7730.2 – – – RRP 1,5450.4 – – – – – – – RENTNER 2,3770.5 – – – – – – – ZENTRUM – – 2,5740.16460.1 – – – Die PARTEI – – 6,6980.21,9580.3 – – – Kusch – – 29,7460.83,5190.5 – – – Others – – 7,154 0.2 – – 8,940 2.1 –

State election results maps

References

External links Gesetz über die Wahl zur hamburgischen Bürgerschaft (BüWG) in der Fassung vom 22. Juli 1986