Hamburg state election, 2011

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20 February 2011

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All 121 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.
61 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

57.3

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Olaf Scholz	Christoph Ahlhaus	Anja Hajduk
Party	SPD	CDU	Green
Seats won	62	28	14
Seat change	17	28	2
Popular vote	1,667,804	753,805	384,502
Percentage	48.4%	21.9%	11.2%
Swing	14.3%	20.7%	1.6%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Katja Suding	Dora Heyenn
Party	FDP	Left
Seats won	9	8
Seat change	9
Popular vote	229,125	220,428
Percentage	6.7%	6.4%
Swing	1.9%

Mayor before election

Christoph Ahlhaus
CDU

Elected Mayor

Olaf Scholz
SPD

Christoph Ahlhaus
CDU

Olaf Scholz
SPD

On 20 February 2011, a state election was held in Hamburg, Germany, for the 20th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after World War II. The election is a result of the collapse of the coalition government led by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Alternative List (GAL). The Hamburg Parliament was officially dissolved on December 15, 2010. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) won an absolute majority after winning 62 seats. Absolute majorities are considered rare in Germany. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) re-entered parliament after failing to win any seats in the previous election.

Annkathrin Kammeyer's election made her the youngest member of the Hamburg Parliament in history, at 21 years of age.

The relationship between the Christian Democratic Union and the Green Alternative List has been strained since the former Mayor Ole von Beust announced he was stepping down in July. Von Beust was a popular mayor and was seen as the guarantor for the coalition government. The CDU/Green party coalition was the first coalition government between the two parties in Germany.Christoph Ahlhaus was chosen as the mayor. Since Ahlhaus became mayor, there were many conflicts which were intensifying. Ahlhaus had been critical of the GAL on several occasions.

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