The 1997 Hamburg state election was held on 21 September 1997 to elect the members of the 16th Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Statt Party under First Mayor Henning Voscherau was defeated as Statt lost all its seats. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with the Green Alternative List (GAL). Voscherau declined to run for re-election as First Mayor due to the SPD's poor performance, and fellow SPD member Ortwin Runde succeeded him.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 15th Hamburg Parliament. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1993 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Henning Voscherau 40.4% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy 25.1% GAL Green Alternative List Green politics 13.5% STATT STATT - Party of Independents Populism 5.6%
Election result
! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 297,901 | align=right| 36.2 | align=right| 4.2 | align=right| 54 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 44.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 252,640 | align=right| 30.7 | align=right| 5.6 | align=right| 46 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 38.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Green Alternative List (GAL) | align=right| 114,387 | align=right| 13.9 | align=right| 0.4 | align=right| 21 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 17.4 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU) | align=right| 40,957 | align=right| 4.98 | align=right| 2.2 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=darkblue| | align=left | Statt Party (STATT) | align=right| 31,401 | align=right| 3.8 | align=right| 1.8 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 8 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 28,664 | align=right| 3.5 | align=right| 0.7 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 15,207 | align=right| 1.8 | align=right| 3.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0
| align=left | League of Citizens (BfB) | align=right| 10,914 | align=right| 1.3 | align=right| 1.3 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 30,440 | align=right| 3.7 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 822,511 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 121 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 68.7 ! align=right| 1.2 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
See also Elections in Germany Elections in Hamburg Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic
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