The 1991 Hamburg state election was held on 2 June 1991 to elect the members of the 14th Hamburg Parliament. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by First Mayor Henning Voscherau. As the SPD won an absolute majority of seats, it formed government alone, and Voscherau continued in office.

After the election, a group of CDU members brought a complaint over deficiencies in the party's nomination process to the Constitutional Court of Hamburg. On 4 May 1993, the court declared the statewide election and five of the seven district elections to be invalid and ordered a repeat. The Bürgerschaft voted nearly unanimously to dissolve itself on 22 June, leading to the 1993 Hamburg state election.[1]

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Hamburg Parliament.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1987 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Henning Voscherau 45.0%
55 / 120
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Hartmut Perschau 40.5%
49 / 120
GAL Green Alternative List
Grün-Alternative-Liste Hamburg
Green politics 7.0%
8 / 120
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 6.5%
8 / 120

Election result

Summary of the 2 June 1991 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 393,414 48.0 Increase3.0 61 Increase6 50.4
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 287,467 35.1 Decrease5.4 44 Decrease5 36.4
Green Alternative List (GAL) 59,262 7.2 Increase0.2 9 Increase1 7.4
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 44,460 5.4 Decrease1.1 7 Decrease1 5.8
The Republicans (REP) 9,959 1.2 Increase1.2 0 ±0 0
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE) 7,219 0.9 New 0 New 0
Others 17,992 2.2 0 ±0 0
Total 819,773 100.0 121 Increase1
Voter turnout 66.1 Decrease13.4
Popular Vote
SPD
47.99%
CDU
35.07%
GAL
7.23%
FDP
5.42%
Other
4.29%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
50.41%
CDU
36.36%
GAL
7.44%
FDP
5.79%

References

  1. ^ Meyer, Peter Ulrich (4 May 2013). "Ein Urteil, das Schockwellen auslöste - WELT". Die Welt (in German).

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