State election in Hamburg 2011
The election for the 20th Hamburg citizenship on February 20, 2011 was decided by the citizenship on December 15, 2010 after the black-green coalition that had ruled since 2008 had broken down and the Senators of the GAL in the Ahlhaus Senate announced their resignation on November 29, 2010 had. The election resulted in the absolute majority of the SPD in the state parliament, which elected Olaf Scholz as first mayor on March 7, 2011 and the senators he had proposed on March 23, 2011 ( Senate Scholz I ).
At the same time, new district assemblies were elected on February 20, 2011 , albeit with a shortened term until June 13, 2014.
The renewed change in the electoral law in Hamburg (with a total of 20 votes to be distributed at the citizenship and district assembly) led to a count of several days, the official final result of which was determined on March 4th, 2011, before the citizenship met for the first meeting on March 7th.
The turnout of 57.3 percent was still well below the worst result of 2008.
Suffrage
In 2011 there was a new right to vote: due to a referendum (2004) , in addition to the state list, MPs from the 17 newly formed constituencies, in which five votes were to be given to individual candidates or the respective party list, were already in the citizenship for the 2008 election has been chosen. A new referendum led to the strengthening of the personalized proportional representation system, in which 5 votes (by cumulating or variegating) had to be distributed to individual candidates or a party list in the state list, while only individual candidates were now available for election in the constituencies. The same applied to the elections to the district assemblies, which in future are to take place at the same time as the European elections . There were therefore a total of 20 votes to be given on the four ballot papers, which were issued in the form of four booklets due to the numerous candidates.
Election result
| Political party | be right | Voting share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 1,667,804 | 48.4% | 62 |
| CDU | 753,805 | 21.9% | 28 |
| Green / GAL | 384.502 | 11.2% | 14th |
| FDP | 229.125 | 6.7% | 9 |
| The left | 220.428 | 6.4% | 8th |
| Pirates | 73.126 | 2.1% | - |
| NPD | 30,648 | 0.9% | - |
| The party | 23,994 | 0.7% | - |
| Free voters | 23,135 | 0.7% | - |
| pensioner | 15,847 | 0.5% | - |
| ÖDP | 10,464 | 0.3% | - |
| Bü-Wed | 8,380 | 0.2% | - |
| BIG Hamburg | 3,344 | 0.1% | - |
| number | percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 1,254,638 | - |
| Voters / turnout | 718.876 | 57.3% |
| invalid ballot papers | 21,278 | 3.0% |
| valid ballot papers | 696,568 | 97.0% |
| valid votes | 3,444,602 | - |
On May 15, 2011 a partial re-election took place in the district of Harburg in the polling stations Kirchenhang 33 (constituency 71006) and Grumbrechtstrasse 63 (constituency 71108). It brought no change in mandate. On the other hand, there are effects in the Harburg district assembly.
Election analysis
The SPD won 62 of 121 seats in the citizenry. With a share of the vote of 48.4 percent, it achieved its best result since 1982. The CDU lost almost half of its share of the vote and got its worst result to date with 21.9 percent. With a minus of 20.7 percentage points, the CDU suffered the highest losses ever in an election to a German state parliament. Electoral researchers justify the heavy losses with the failure of the black-green coalition, for which voters mainly blamed the CDU. In addition, the First Mayor and CDU candidate Ahlhaus had significantly lower popularity ratings than his predecessor von Beust, who resigned in August 2010. Ahlhaus's term of office lasted less than six months and was marked by the collapse of the black-green coalition, which is why he could not benefit from an office bonus.
With a share of the vote of 11.2 percent, the Greens were able to gain slightly, but they too fell short of expectations and were only able to benefit little from the positive trend in Germany. The GAL missed its election goal of being able to form a red-green coalition. The FDP improved to 6.7 percent and thus achieved its best result since 1974. It was able to move back into the citizenship for the first time since 2001. Their good performance was favored by the heavy losses suffered by the CDU, which enabled them to assert themselves against the generally poor German polls. The left remained stable with its result of the previous election at 6.4 percent. This allowed the party to move into the citizenship for the second time in a row. Of the remaining eight parties and electoral associations, all of which failed to pass the five percent hurdle, only the Pirate Party achieved a significant result with 2.1 percent.
The turnout fell for the third time in a row, from 71% in 2001 to 68.7% in 2004 and 63.5% in 2008 and finally 57.3% in 2011.
initial situation
In the general election on February 24, 2008 , the CDU ( Senate von Beust II ) , which had ruled alone until then, had fallen back from an absolute to a relative majority of mandates. Mayor Ole von Beust had therefore formed a coalition government with the GAL ( Senate von Beust III ). On July 18, 2010, the day of the referendum on the school reform in Hamburg , Ole von Beust announced his resignation on August 25, 2010, regardless of the outcome of the referendum. In this referendum, the extension of primary school time from four to six years, which he favored, was rejected by a majority of the citizens.
After von Beust's resignation and the election of Christoph Ahlhaus as First Mayor on August 25, 2010, the GAL announced on November 28, 2010 that it would end the coalition prematurely and spoke out in favor of new elections. Thereupon, on December 15, 2010, the citizens unanimously decided to hold new elections on February 20, 2011 in accordance with Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg .
The following table shows the results of the previous elections in Hamburg.
| choice |
date |
CDU |
SPD |
Green / GAL |
left |
FDP |
Pirates |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundestag election | 09/27/2009 | 27.8% | 27.4% | 15.6% | 11.2% | 13.2% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| European elections | 06/09/2009 | 29.7% | 25.4% | 20.5% | 6.7% | 11.1% | 1.2% | 5.6% |
| Citizenship election | 02/24/2008 | 42.6% | 34.1% | 9.6% | 6.4% | 4.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| District Assembly Election | 02/24/2008 | 38.1% | 32.2% | 14.6% | 7.5% | 5.6% | - | 1.9% |
Opinion polls indicated a significant increase in votes in the SPD and GAL and a majority for red-green as early as the dissolution of the citizenship on December 15, 2010. An absolute majority in the SPD, for which around 46 percent of the votes were required because of the 5 percent threshold, appeared conceivable, but not certain. The return of the FDP to the citizenry was considered unlikely.
| Institute |
Survey method |
date |
CDU |
SPD |
Green / GAL |
left |
FDP |
Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trend Research | Online panel | December 15, 2010 | 24% | 45% | 16% | 8th % | 3% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | by phone | 12/13/2010 | 22% | 43% | 19% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Trend Research | Online panel | 07/12/2010 | 22% | 45% | 17% | 7% | 3% | 6% * |
| Trend Research | Online panel | 12/02/2010 | 24% | 44% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Psephos | by phone | December 01, 2010 | 28% | 45% | 14% | 6% | 3% | 4% |
| Research group elections | by phone | December 01, 2010 | 22% | 41% | 21% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Psephos | by phone | 11/12/2010 | 35% | 40% | 12% | 6% | 4% | 3% |
*) including 3% Scheuerl party
According to an Infratest dimap survey, 15 percent in January 2011, 28 percent on February 2 and 41 percent on February 10, felt well informed about the new voting rights.
Parties
The following parties and electoral associations stood for election with a state list:
| Political party | Abbreviation | Constituency lists | Members | 2008 result | Top candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | CDU | 17th | 9,500 | 42.6% | Christoph Ahlhaus |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | SPD | 17th | 10,700 | 34.1% | Olaf Scholz |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens , Hamburg Regional Association, Green Alternative List | GREEN / GAL | 17th | 1,883 | 9.6% | Anja Hajduk |
| The left. | THE LEFT | 17th | 1,507 | 6.4% | Dora Heyenn |
| Free Democratic Party | FDP | 17th | 1,300 | 4.8% | Katja Suding |
| Party for work, the rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative | The party | 1 | 430 | 0.3% | Heinz Strunk |
| Pirate Party Germany | PIRATES | 11 | 453 | 0.2% | Claudius Holler |
| Ecological Democratic Party - The Green Alternative | ÖDP | 2 | 50 | 0.1% | Verena Häggberg |
| Alliance for Innovation and Justice | BIG Hamburg | 0 | 100 | - | Yasemin Candan |
| Bourgeois center | Bü-Wed | 0 | 19th | - | Mareile Kirsch |
| Free voters Hamburg | FREE VOTERS | 5 | - | Wolf Achim Wiegand | |
| National Democratic Party of Germany | NPD | 15th | 140 | - | Torben glue |
| Pensioners Party Germany | PENSIONER | 1 | 60 | - | Ralph Scharsig |
A voter association and six individual candidates took part in the election in individual constituencies:
| electoral circle |
designation | Abbreviation | (Top) candidate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | North MPs | WNA | Dorle Olszewski |
| 2 | General rights and obligations of the minorities in Hamburg - With me Marouf Shadab for you in the Senate |
ARP | Marouf Shadab |
| 1 | Education secures pensions | BsR | Ralf Appelt |
| 6th | Detlef Grumann: Independent - for a fair working environment | For a fair working environment | Detlef Grumann |
| 9 | Hans-Dieter Neumann, independent | - | Hans-Dieter Neumann |
| 3 | Romuald Jasinski integration for people and with people | Romuald Jasinski - Integration | Romuald Jasinski |
| 1 | The future needs truth | MUSTAFA | Mustafa Akpolat |
Parties that have not been represented in the Bundestag or in a Landtag without interruption since the last election had to show 1,000 support signatures for approval of the Land list, and 100 signatures each for constituency lists. The Sarazzi Party - for referendums SPV Atom-Stuttgart21 could not provide the necessary supporting signatures and has submitted an application for extraordinary approval. In addition, an application was submitted to the Hamburg Constitutional Court with the aim of being exempted from collecting 1,000 support signatures due to the shortened lead time for this election. Even the Free Voters Germany Independent Group Germany Party Union Association (DIE FREIE Hamburg) could not collect the necessary support signatures to a sufficient extent. The Free Union had announced its participation, but had not submitted a country list. The German Conservatives were not allowed to vote because they had submitted their announcement late. Only for the election of the district assembly in constituency 14 did the Human Economy Party (HUMANWIRTSCHAFT) stand.
Constituencies and mandates
| No. | Constituency | Seats | district | Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamburg-center | 5 | Hamburg-center | Old town, HafenCity, Neustadt, St. Pauli, St. Georg, Hammerbrook, Borgfelde, Hamm, Horn, Neuwerk |
| 2 | Billstedt-Wilhelmsburg-Finkenwerder | 5 | Hamburg-center | Billstedt, Billbrook, Rothenburgsort, Veddel, Wilhelmsburg, Kleiner Grasbrook, Steinwerder, Waltershof, Finkenwerder |
| 3 | Altona | 5 | Altona | Altona-Altstadt, Altona-Nord, Ottensen, Bahrenfeld, Groß Flottbek, Othmarschen, Sternschanze |
| 4th | Blankenese | 5 | Altona | Lurup, Osdorf, Nienstedten, Blankenese, Iserbrook, Sülldorf, Rissen |
| 5 | Rotherbaum-Harvestehude-Eimsbüttel-Ost | 3 | Eimsbüttel | Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, Hoheluft-West, Eimsbüttel |
| 6th | Stellingen-Eimsbüttel-West | 3 | Eimsbüttel | Eidelstedt, Stellingen, Eimsbüttel |
| 7th | Lokstedt-Niendorf-Schnelsen | 4th | Eimsbüttel | Lokstedt, Niendorf, Schnelsen |
| 8th | Eppendorf-Winterhude | 4th | Hamburg North | Hoheluft-Ost, Eppendorf, Winterhude |
| 9 | Barmbek-Uhlenhorst-Dulsberg | 5 | Hamburg North | Uhlenhorst, Hohenfelde, Barmbek-Nord, -Süd, Dulsberg |
| 10 | Fuhlsbüttel-Alsterdorf-Langenhorn | 4th | Hamburg North | Groß Borstel, Alsterdorf, Ohlsdorf, Fuhlsbüttel, Langenhorn |
| 11 | Wandsbek | 4th | Wandsbek | Eilbek, Wandsbek, Marienthal, Jenfeld, Tonndorf |
| 12 | Bramfeld-Farmsen-Berne | 4th | Wandsbek | Farmsen-Berne, Bramfeld, Steilshoop |
| 13 | Alstertal forest villages | 5 | Wandsbek | Wellingsbüttel, Sasel, Poppenbüttel, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Duvenstedt, Wohldorf-Ohlstedt, Bergstedt, Volksdorf |
| 14th | Rahlstedt | 4th | Wandsbek | Rahlstedt |
| 15th | Bergedorf | 5 | Bergedorf | Allermöhe, Neuallermöhe, Altengamme, Bergedorf, Billwerder, Curslack, Kirchwerder, Lohbrügge, Moorfleet, Neuengamme, Ochsenwerder, Reitbrook, Spadenland, Tatenberg |
| 16 | Harburg | 3 | Harburg | Harburg, Neuland, Gut Moor, Wilstorf, Rönneburg, Langenbek, Sinstorf, Marmstorf, Eißendorf, Heimfeld |
| 17th | South Elbe | 3 | Harburg | Altenwerder, Moorburg, Hausbruch, Neugraben-Fischbek, Francop, Neuenfelde, Cranz, Eißendorf, Heimfeld |
District Assembly Election
| Political party | be right | Voting share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 1,551,728 | 44.9% | 172 |
| CDU | 803.558 | 23.2% | 89 |
| Green / GAL | 492,477 | 14.2% | 52 |
| left | 241,304 | 7.0% | 25th |
| FDP | 207.195 | 6.0% | 20th |
| Pirates | 93,667 | 2.7% | 3 |
| NPD | 36,676 | 1.1% | |
| Free voters | 20,598 | 0.6% | |
| The party | 8,265 | 0.2% | |
| WNA | 2.162 | 0.1% |
See also
- State parliament
- Elections 2011
- List of electoral districts in Hamburg
- List of members of the Hamburg Parliament (20th electoral term)
Web links
- State election office Hamburg on hamburg.de (data, statistics, information on the election)
- Further election data from the Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein:
- Website of the Hamburg Parliament on the non-partisan information campaign for the 2011 election
- Wahl-O-Mat for the 2011 state election
- parliamentwatch.de: State election 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Final result of the 2011 mayor election (PDF; 226 kB)
- ↑ a b Final result of the 2008 state election compared to the 2004 state election, Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (PDF file; 5 kB)
- ↑ hamburg.de : Hamburg election on February 20, 2011: Countdown is running ( Memento from March 11, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.hamburg.de/wahlen/nofl/2785344/2011-02-15-bis-pm-lpk-vor-der-wahl.html#anker_7
- ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/article1790375/SPD-bei-48-3-Prozent-die-CDU-holt-21-9-Prozent.html
- ^ Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg: Landesstimmen. In: Wahlen-in-deutschland.de, Valentin Schröder. Retrieved March 11, 2018 : "WBT (voter participation)"
- ↑ Ole von Beust: The declaration of resignation in full . July 18, 2010 ( welt.de [accessed January 27, 2019]).
- ↑ Hamburg's Mayor von Beust: "Four years of primary school are not enough" . In: Spiegel Online . January 7, 2010 ( spiegel.de [accessed January 26, 2019]).
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ radiohamburg.de: SPD clear before CDU.
- ↑ ndr.de: Survey: Red-Green in Hamburg clearly ahead, December 13, 2010. ( Memento from December 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Abendblatt.de: New election: This is how the people of Hamburg would vote today
- ↑ zdf.de: ZDF Politbarometer Extra from December 1, 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ wahlrecht.de: polls on the state elections in Hamburg .
- ↑ http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/bilder/deutschlandtrend/crbilderstrecke196_mtb-1_pos-7.html ( Memento from February 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ State Returning Officer Nominations for the election of the citizenship and district assembly on February 20, 2011 (pdf; 19 kB)
- ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/kommunales/article1788272/Piraten-Rentner-und-andere-Wahlalternativen.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090308095546/http://www.nordabiminale.de/
- ↑ Maps for the constituency division for the election of the 20th Hamburg citizenship. In: Information on the election of the 20th Hamburg citizenship - North Statistics Office. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.hamburg.de/innenbehoerde/nofl/2616974/2010-11-30-bis-pm-wahl-altona.html
- ↑ a b Hamm and Neuallermöhe - Senate sets the course for two new districts Authority for Interior and Sports
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
