1997 Hamburg state election

1997 Hamburg state election

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All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament 61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	822,511 (68.7%) 1.2%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Henning Voscherau Party SPD CDU Greens Last election 58 seats, 40.4% 36 seats, 25.1% 19 seats, 13.5% Seats won 54 46 21 Seat change 4 10 2 Popular vote 297,901 252,640 114,387 Percentage 36.2% 30.7% 13.9% Swing 4.2% 5.6% 0.4%
Mayor before election Henning Voscherau SPD Elected Mayor Ortwin Runde SPD

The 1997 Hamburg state election was held on 21 September 1997 to elect the members of the 16th Hamburg Parliament.^[1] 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.