2019 Hamburg borough elections

2019 Hamburg borough elections
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Turnout822 323 (58.0%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Greens SPD CDU
Last election 66 seats, 18.2% 132 seats, 35.2% 91 seats, 24.8%
Seats won 111 90 68
Seat change Increase 45 Decrease 42 Decrease 23
Popular vote 1,241,650 953.391 722.031
Percentage 31.3% 24.0% 18.2%
Swing Increase 13.1% Decrease 11.2% Decrease 6.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Left AfD FDP
Last election 37 seats, 10.2% 17 seats, 4.5% 10 seats, 3.9%
Seats won 40 25 23
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 8 Increase 13
Popular vote 425,907 251,778 261,879
Percentage 10.7% 6.3% 6.6%
Swing Increase 0.5% Increase 1.8% Increase 2.7%

The 2019 Hamburg borough elections were elections held in the seven boroughs of Hamburg on 26 May 2019. The Greens became the strongest party in five (later four) out of the seven boroughs.

Electoral system

Similarly to the state- and prior elections, a list proportional system was used. Borough elections in Hamburg have a 3% electoral threshold.

Each voter had a total of ten votes: five constituency votes for the direct candidates in the constituency, and five at-large votes for candidates on the state lists (or for state lists in their entirety). The five votes could be amassed all on one person, party, or list (accumulation) or could be distributed/split between different candidates, parties, or lists as desired (panachage). Voting privileges were passively awarded, meaning anyone over the age of 16 meeting eligibility requirements was automatically enrolled.

Results

All boroughs combined

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Alliance 90/The Greens 1,241,650 31.3 111 +45
Social Democratic Party of Germany 953,391 24.0 90 -42
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 722,031 18.2 68 -23
The Left 425,907 10.7 40 +3
Free Democratic Party 261,879 6.6 23 +13
Alternative for Germany 251,778 6.3 25 +8
Pirate Party Germany 49,522 1.2 0 -4
Free Voters 15,867 0.4 0 ±0
Die PARTEI 17,972 0.5 0 ±0
V-Partei³ 9,164 0.2 0 ±0
Alliance for Innovation and Justice 8,945 0.2 0 ±0
New Liberals 6,394 0.2 0 ±0
Jekaterina für Eidelstedt 2,996 0.2 0 ±0
Kai Debus 1,937 0.0 0 ±0
National Democratic Party of Germany 1,860 0.0 0 ±0
Social Liberal Democratic Movement 1,225 0.0 0 ±0
HERB 742 0.0 0 ±0
The German Conservatives 350 0.0 0 ±0
Total votes 3,973,610 100
Valid ballots 805 572 98.1
Invalid/blank ballots 15,240 1.9
Turnout 822,323 58.0
Source: Analyse der Wahlen zu den Bezirksversammlungen in Hamburg am 26. Mai 2019

Hamburg-Mitte

Party Party-list Constituency Total
Seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Alliance 90/The Greens 137,010 29.3 7 133,810 28.8 9 16 +6
Social Democratic Party of Germany 126,364 27.0 5 132,861 28.6 9 14 -5
The Left 72,901 15.6 3 77,440 16.6 5 8 +1
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 56,654 12.1 1 60,064 12.9 5 6 -4
Alternative for Germany 35,981 7.7 2 36,034 7.7 2 4 +1
Free Democratic Party 22,667 4.8 3 22,208 4.8 0 3 +3
Pirate Party Germany 10,054 2.2 0 2,894 0.6 0 0 -2
Alliance for Innovation and Justice 5,784 1.2 0 0 ±0
Total votes 467,415 100 21 465,311 100 30 51
Valid ballots 94,812 97.6 94,331 97.3
Invalid/blank ballots 2,294 2.4 2,655 2.7
Turnout 97,263 46.8
Source: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bezirksversammlungswahl 2019: Bezirk 1 – Hamburg-Mitte

Altona

Party Party-list Constituency Total
Seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Alliance 90/The Greens 220,164 35.1 5 221,926 35.6 13 18 +6
Social Democratic Party of Germany 128,235 20.4 4 124,856 20.0 7 11 -5
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 103,998 16.6 5 109,200 17.5 4 9 -3
The Left 93,067 14.8 4 97,622 15.7 4 8 +1
Free Democratic Party 42,502 6.8 1 44,389 7.1 2 3 +1
Alternative for Germany 27,298 4.4 2 23,752 3.8 0 2 ±0
Pirate Party Germany 9,079 1.4 0 0 ±0
Alliance for Innovation and Justice 3,161 0.5 0 0 ±0
Social Liberal Democratic Movement 1,225 0.2 0 0 ±0
Total votes 627,504 100 21 622,970 100 30 51
Valid ballots 127,393 98.4 126,464 98.0
Invalid/blank ballots 2.082 1.6 2.594 2.0
Turnout 129,662 63.8
Source: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bezirksversammlungswahl 2019: Bezirk 2 – Altona

Eimsbüttel

Party Party-list Constituency Total
Seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Alliance 90/The Greens 242,003 37.2 8 231,027 35.6 11 19 +7
Social Democratic Party of Germany 150,265 23.1 2 157,384 24.3 10 12 -6
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 106,263 16.3 2 109,722 16.9 7 9 -3
The Left 67,643 10.4 3 74,369 11.5 2 5 ±0
Free Democratic Party 42,334 6.5 3 43,017 6.6 0 3 +1
Alternative for Germany 31,753 4.9 3 29,699 4.6 0 3 +1
Pirate Party Germany 10,505 1.6 0 0 ±0
Jekaterina für Eidelstedt 2,996 0.5 0 0 ±0
Total votes 650,766 100 21 648,214 100 30 51
Valid ballots 132,357 98.4 131,427 98.0
Invalid/blank ballots 2,171 1.6 2,691 2.0
Turnout 134,839 64.8
Source: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bezirksversammlungswahl 2019: Bezirk 3 – Eimsbüttel

Hamburg-Nord

Party Party-list Constituency Total
Seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Alliance 90/The Greens 268,295 35.7 7 263,862 35.3 12 19 +8
Social Democratic Party of Germany 155,983 20.8 3 167,940 22.5 8 11 -6
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 131,851 17.5 4 129,046 17.3 6 10 -2
The Left 72,083 9.6 1 81,794 10.9 4 5 ±0
Free Democratic Party 57,575 7.7 4 60,209 8.1 0 4 +2
Alternative for Germany 34,593 4.6 2 33.654 4.5 0 2 ±0
Die PARTEI 17,972 2.4 0 0 ±0
Pirate Party Germany 8,436 1.1 0 8,059 1.1 0 0 -2
V-Partei³ 4,221 0.6 0 0 ±0
The German Conservatives 350 0.0 0 0 ±0
Kai Debus 1,937 0.3 0 0 ±0
HERB 742 0.1 0 0 ±0
Total votes 751,359 100 21 747,243 100 30 51
Valid ballots 152,517 98.5 151,771 98.1
Invalid/blank ballots 2,282 1.5 2,930 1.9
Turnout 155,034 62.9
Source: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bezirksversammlungswahl 2019: Bezirk 4 – Hamburg-Nord

Wandsbek

Party Party-list Constituency Total
Seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 249,609 26.7 4 251,111 27.1 9 16 -7
Alliance 90/The Greens 246,166 26.3 5 243,840 26.3 10 15 +7
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 207,652 22.2 4 219,475 23.7 9 13 +4
The Left 67,595 7.2 2 70,389 7.6 2 4 ±0
Free Democratic Party 65,779 7.0 4 67,035 7.2 0 4 +2
Alternative for Germany 71,977 7.7 5 70,586 7.6 0 5 +2
Pirate Party Germany 11,448 1.2 0 0 ±0
Free Voters 8,707 0.9 0 2,376 0.3 0 0 ±0
V-Partei³ 4,943 0.5 0 1,079 0.1 0 0 ±0
National Democratic Party of Germany 1,860 0.2 0 1,017 0.1 0 0 ±0
Total votes 935,736 100 21 926,908 100 30 51
Valid ballots 189,812 97.8 188,673 97.5
Invalid/blank ballots 4,285 2.2 4,887 2.5
Turnout 194,537 57.9
Source: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bezirksversammlungswahl 2019: Bezirk 5 – Wandsbek

Bergedorf

Party Party-list Constituency Total
Seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 65,895 26.4 4 65,588 26.6 8 12 -7
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 60,552 24.3 4 62,555 25.4 7 11 -3
Alliance 90/The Greens 54,572 21.9 3 54,646 22.2 7 10 +4
The Left 26,182 10.5 1 26,658 10.8 4 5 +1
Alternative for Germany 21,221 8.5 4 15,940 6.5 0 4 +2
Free Democratic Party 13,812 5.5 3 14,454 5.9 0 3 +3
Free Voters 7,160 2.9 0 6,335 2.6 0 0 ±0
Total votes 249,394 100 21 246,176 100 30 51
Valid ballots 51,098 98.2 50,461 97.0
Invalid/blank ballots 961 1.8 1,551 3.0
Turnout 52,159 53.6
Source: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bezirksversammlungswahl 2019: Bezirk 6 – Bergedorf

Harburg

Party Party-list Constituency Total
Seats 		+/–
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany 77,040 27.1 5 75,920 27.2 9 14 -6
Alliance 90/The Greens 73,440 25.8 6 71,867 25.7 8 14 +7
Christian Democratic Union of Germany 55,061 19.4 2 56,471 20.2 8 10 -4
Alternative for Germany 28,955 10.2 2 25,478 9.1 3 5 +2
The Left 26,436 9.3 3 27,150 9.7 2 5 ±0
Free Democratic Party 17,210 6.0 3 19,375 6.9 0 3 +1
New Liberals 6,394 2.2 0 3,319 1.2 0 0 ±0
Total votes 284,536 100 21 279,580 100 30 51
Valid ballots 57,583 98.0 56,848 96.9
Invalid/blank ballots 1,165 2.0 1,844 3.1
Turnout 58,829 49.4
Source: Endgültiges Ergebnis der Bezirksversammlungswahl 2019: Bezirk 7 – Harburg

Aftermath

After the election, six members who were elected for the Green Party in Hamburg-Mitte refused to take part in the formation of the Green faction, instead opting to form their own faction named "Greens 2" (Fraktion Grüne 2). This was due to their party having levied allegations of extremism against them, after it was discovered that these members had contacts to Islamist organizations.[1][2] On 2 October 2019, members of the faction Greens 2 announced that they would leave the Green party and join the SPD, which became the strongest faction in the borough through this move. Afterwards, the coalition of the SPD and Greens was dissolved in favour of a SPD-lead red-black-yellow coalition in December 2019.[3]

References

  1. ^ Meyer-Wellmann, Jens (2019-06-15). "Eklat bei Grünen im Bezirk Mitte: Fraktion spaltet sich". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ^ Gaßdorf, Ulrich (2019-06-20). "Grünen-Eklat in Hamburg-Mitte: Jetzt gibt es zwei Fraktionen!". www.abendblatt.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  3. ^ "Hamburg-Mitte: Koalitionsvertrag unterschrieben | NDR.de - Nachrichten - Hamburg". 2019-12-03. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2023-11-19.