Hamburg state election, 2008

Hamburg state election, 2008

28 February 2008

All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament   First party Second party   Leader Ole von Beust Michael Naumann Party CDU SPD Last election 47.2% 30.5% Seats before 63 41 Seats won 57 45 Seat change -7 +4 Percentage 42.6% 34.1% Swing -4.6 +3.6%

Seats of the Hamburg Parliament in the 19th legislative period.

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On 24 February 2008 state elections were held in Hamburg, Germany, for the 19th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament. The four parties having more than 5 percent (minimum to qualify) are the conservative CDU, the social-democratic SPD, the left-wing Die Linke and the ecological Green Party (GAL). CDU and GAL formed a coalition and Ole von Beust continued as Minister-President.

Pre-election

Results of the election 2004 as followed:

Ole von Beust, head of Senate of Hamburg and First Mayor, was the main candidate of the CDU. The candidate for SPD was Michael Naumann.

Results

Post election

Winner Ole von Beust (CDU) did not achieve an absolute majority. He formed Germany's very first "Black-Green"coalition on the federal state level with the Greens (after the respective party colours, CDU's colour is black).^[1][2]

On 28 November 2010 the Hamburg Home Office announced that the Hamburg parliament would be dissolved on 16 December 2010. The next elections were held on 20 February 2011.^[3]

See also

• Elections in Hamburg
• Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic

References

External links

• The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved on 2009-08-30.

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