The 2004 Hamburg state election was held on 29 February 2004 to elect the members of the 18th Hamburg Parliament. The election was triggered by the collapse of the coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (PRO), and Free Democratic Party (FDP). The election saw a collapse in support for PRO which had split after its leader Ronald Schill left in 2003. The original party and Schill's new party captured 3.5% of the vote between them, down from 19.4% in 2001. A huge amount of support flowed to the CDU, which won 63 of the 121 seats in Parliament, forming a majority government. First MayorOle von Beust continued in office.[1]
In August 2003, Mayor von Beust made moves to dismiss an Interior official suspected of corruption. In response, Senator of the Interior Ronald Schill threatened to spread rumours of an affair between von Beust and the Senator of Justice. Schill was subsequently dismissed from the government. In December of the same year, Schill left his own party along with five of its members of Parliament, depriving the government of its majority. He subsequently joined Pro DM.[2]
^Mayor von Beust to govern alone after victory in Hamburg election, Deutsche Welle, 2004, retrieved 2008-08-13
^"A scandal in Germany". European press review. bbc.co.uk. 2003-08-21. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
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The 2004 Hamburg state election was held on 29 February 2004 to elect the members of the 18th Hamburg Parliament The election was triggered by the collapse of the coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union CDU Party for a Rule of Law Offensive PRO and Free Democratic Party FDP The election saw a collapse in support for PRO which had split after its leader Ronald Schill left in 2003 The original party and Schill s new party captured 3 5 of the vote between them down from 19 4 in 2001 A huge amount of support flowed to the CDU which won 63 of the 121 seats in Parliament forming a majority government First Mayor Ole von Beust continued in office 1 2004 Hamburg state election 2001 29 February 2004 2008 All 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament61 seats needed for a majorityTurnout824 317 68 7 2 4 First party Second party Third party Leader Ole von Beust Thomas MirowParty CDU SPD GreensLast election 33 seats 26 2 46 seats 36 5 11 seats 8 6 Seats won 63 41 17Seat change 30 5 6Popular vote 389 170 251 441 101 227Percentage 47 2 30 5 12 3 Swing 21 0 6 0 3 7 Fourth party Fifth party Leader Mario MettbachParty FDP PROLast election 6 seats 5 1 25 seats 19 4 Seats won 0 0Seat change 6 25Popular vote 23 373 3 046Percentage 2 8 0 4 Swing 2 3 19 0 Mayor before electionOle von BeustCDU Elected Mayor Ole von BeustCDU Contents 1 Parties 2 Background 3 Opinion polling 4 Election result 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksParties editThe table below lists parties represented in the 17th Hamburg Parliament Name Ideology Leader s 2001 resultVotes SeatsSPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Thomas Mirow 36 5 46 121CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Ole von Beust 26 2 33 121PRO Party for a Rule of Law OffensivePartei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive Right wing populism Mario Mettbach 19 4 25 121GAL Green Alternative ListGrun Alternative Liste Hamburg Green politics 8 6 11 121FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Classical liberalism 5 1 6 121Background editIn August 2003 Mayor von Beust made moves to dismiss an Interior official suspected of corruption In response Senator of the Interior Ronald Schill threatened to spread rumours of an affair between von Beust and the Senator of Justice Schill was subsequently dismissed from the government In December of the same year Schill left his own party along with five of its members of Parliament depriving the government of its majority He subsequently joined Pro DM 2 Opinion polling editPolling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD CDU PRO GAL FDP ProDM Others Lead2004 state election 29 Feb 2004 30 5 47 2 0 4 12 3 2 8 3 1 3 7 16 7Emnid 20 26 Feb 2004 1 009 30 44 1 14 4 4 3 14Emnid 24 Feb 2004 1 000 30 46 1 13 3 3 4 16Forsa 18 23 Feb 2004 1 005 29 45 1 14 4 3 4 16Psephos 19 22 Feb 2004 1 003 30 46 1 12 3 5 3 5 4 16Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 16 19 Feb 2004 1 008 29 47 13 4 3 4 18Infratest dimap 12 16 Feb 2004 1 000 29 45 1 14 4 4 3 16Forsa 10 14 Feb 2004 1 002 30 45 1 14 4 3 3 15Forsa 6 9 Feb 2004 804 29 46 1 14 4 3 3 17Infratest dimap 28 Jan 1 Feb 2004 1 000 30 45 1 15 3 3 3 15Forsa 20 24 Jan 2004 1 001 28 48 1 13 4 3 3 20Emnid 19 Jan 2004 1 000 31 46 2 12 4 2 3 15Infratest dimap 8 12 Jan 2004 1 000 30 45 1 13 4 4 3 15Psephos 9 Jan 2004 1 002 30 47 2 11 2 4 4 17Forsa 17 Dec 2003 31 46 3 13 4 3 15Infratest 10 11 Dec 2003 1 000 33 43 4 12 4 4 10Emnid 10 Dec 2003 1 000 37 43 2 12 4 2 6Psephos 9 10 Dec 2003 808 36 41 5 11 3 4 5Infratest dimap 8 9 Dec 2003 1 000 35 40 5 13 4 3 5Emnid 2 3 Dec 2003 1 000 35 41 5 13 3 3 6Psephos 10 Oct 2003 37 39 6 10 4 4 2Infratest dimap 5 9 Sep 2003 1 000 36 39 5 13 4 3 3Psephos 23 Aug 2003 731 36 40 6 10 5 3 4NFO Infratest 20 21 Aug 2003 1 000 37 40 5 11 4 3 3Emnid 20 Aug 2003 1 002 35 38 6 13 5 3 3Emnid 4 5 Feb 2003 1 000 26 42 12 13 5 2 16Psephos 25 Oct 2002 1 003 36 34 8 13 5 4 2Emnid 7 Feb 2002 37 32 12 9 6 4 5Emnid 2 4 Feb 2002 1 008 40 32 10 11 4 3 8Psephos 2 Feb 2002 1 003 36 32 14 9 5 4 4Forsa 22 23 Jan 2002 1 001 35 31 15 10 4 5 42001 state election 23 Sep 2001 36 5 26 2 19 4 8 6 5 1 0 2 4 0 10 3Election result editSummary of the 29 February 2004 election results for the Hamburg Parliament Party Votes Seats Seats Christian Democratic Union CDU 389 170 47 2 nbsp 21 0 63 nbsp 30 52 1Social Democratic Party SPD 251 441 30 5 nbsp 6 0 41 nbsp 5 33 9Green Alternative List GAL 101 227 12 3 nbsp 3 7 17 nbsp 6 14 0Pro Deutsche Mitte Initiative Pro D Mark Pro DM 25 763 3 1 nbsp 2 9 0 0 0Free Democratic Party FDP 23 373 2 8 nbsp 2 3 0 nbsp 6 0Rainbow For a new left REGENBOGEN 9 200 1 1 nbsp 0 6 0 0 0The Grays Gray Panthers GRAUEN 8 878 1 1 nbsp 1 1 0 0 0Others 15 265 1 9 0 nbsp 25 0Total 824 317 100 0 121 0Voter turnout 68 7 nbsp 2 4Popular VoteCDU 47 21 SPD 30 50 GAL 12 28 PRO DM 3 13 FDP 2 84 Other 4 04 Burgerschaft seatsCDU 52 07 SPD 33 88 GAL 14 05 See also editHamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic 2008 Hamburg state electionReferences edit Mayor von Beust to govern alone after victory in Hamburg election Deutsche Welle 2004 retrieved 2008 08 13 A scandal in Germany European press review bbc co uk 2003 08 21 Retrieved 2009 08 30 External links editThe Federal Returning Officer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 Hamburg state election amp oldid 1152536933, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
