2015 Hamburg state election

The 2015 Hamburg state election was held on 15 February 2015 to elect the members of the 21st Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by First Mayor Olaf Scholz lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition government with The Greens, and Scholz continued in office.

Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 20th Hamburg Parliament. Name Ideology Leader(s) 2011 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Olaf Scholz 48.42% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Dietrich Wersich 21.88% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics Katharina Fegebank 11.16% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Katja Suding 6.65% Linke The Left Democratic socialism Dora Heyenn 6.40%

Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD CDU Grüne FDP Linke AfD Others Lead 2015 state election 15 Feb 2015 – 45.6 15.9 12.3 7.4 8.5 6.1 4.2 29.7 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 11–12 Feb 2015 1,113 47 17 12 6 8.5 5 4.5 30 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 3–5 Feb 2015 1,176 45 19 11 6 9.5 5 4.5 26 Infratest dimap 3–4 Feb 2015 1,001 46 18 11 5.5 9 5.5 5 28 Infratest dimap 23–27 Jan 2015 1,000 44 20 13 5 9 6 3 24 Universität Hamburg 5–21 Jan 2015 235 44.6 22.6 14.9 2.8 9.1 2.9 3.2 22.0 INSA 7–13 Jan 2015 1,000 42 23 14 4 7 6 4 19 Infratest dimap 9–12 Jan 2015 1,000 43 22 14 4 8 5 4 21 Universität Hamburg 5 Nov–23 Dec 2014 511 39.7 20.6 21.8 2.8 8.9 3.2 3.0 19.1 mafo.de 15 Dec 2014 500 42 22 14 2 8 6 6 20 Infratest dimap 5–9 Dec 2014 1,005 43 24 14 2 9 4 4 19 GESS 24 Oct–3 Nov 2014 1,002 45 27 11 2 7 4 4 18 mafo.de 9 May 2014 500 38.5 22.6 13.7 2.9 7.8 5.8 8.7 15.9 GESS 27 Jan–4 Feb 2014 1,003 48 24 11 3 8 ? ? 24 Infratest dimap 9–13 Jan 2014 1,000 42 25 13 5 9 3 3 17 Universität Hamburg 8 May–24 Jun 2013 636 43 21 18 4 8 – 2 22 GESS 29 Jan–4 Feb 2013 1,003 51 23 13 2 4 – 5 28 Universität Hamburg 16 Apr–3 Aug 2012 468 42.0 20.8 21.5 4.4 4.5 – 6.9 21.2 GESS 7–14 Feb 2012 1,006 52 21 12 2 5 – ? 31 Infratest dimap 13–18 Jan 2012 1,000 51 20 14 3 4 – 8 31 YouGov 21 Nov–2 Dec 2011 1,031 44 21 13 3 7 – 12 23 Psephos 1–9 Jun 2011 1,003 47 20 14 7 7 – 5 27 2011 state election 20 Feb 2011 – 48.4 21.9 11.2 6.7 6.4 – 5.5 26.5

Election result

See also Elections in Hamburg Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic

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