September 21, 1997 2001 → 25.1% 13.5% 36 19 | 40.4% 25.1% 58 36 54 46 | |
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On September 21, 1997, Hamburg state elections for members of the 16th legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg. There were 1,211,312 eligible voters.
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Results
831,913 voters, meaning a turnout of 68.7%, gave 822,931 valid and 8,982 invalid votes. The election threshold to send a member to the Hamburg Parliament is 5%.
Post-election
Henning Voscherau continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg, nevertheless on 12 November 1997 Ortwin Runde was elected as First Mayor by the Hamburg Parliament in an SPD-Green coalition.
References
Hamburg state election, 1997 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA