1987 Hamburg state election

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17 May 1987

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All 120 seats in the Hamburg Parliament
61 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Klaus von Dohnanyi	Hartmut Perschau
Party	SPD	CDU
Last election	53 seats, 41.7%	54 seats, 41.9%
Seats won	55	49
Seat change	2	5
Popular vote	442,670	398,686
Percentage	45.0%	40.5%
Swing	3.3%	1.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Greens	FDP
Last election	13 seats, 10.4%	0 seats, 4.8%
Seats won	8	8
Seat change	5	8
Popular vote	69,148	64,389
Percentage	7%	6.5%
Swing	3.4%	1.7%

Mayor before election

Klaus von Dohnanyi
SPD

Elected Mayor

Klaus von Dohnanyi
SPD

The 1987 Hamburg state election was held on 17 May 1987 to elect members of the 13th Hamburg Parliament.^[1]^[2] It was the first time in nine years that the FDP has held a seat in the parliament, which resulted in a social-liberal coalition.^[3]

Election Result

Summary of the 17 May 1987 election results for the Hamburg Parliament
	Votes	%	+/-pp	Seats	+/-	Seats %

Social Democratic Party (SPD)	442,670	45	3.3	55	2	45.8
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	398,686	40.5	1.4	49	5	40.8
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	69,148	7	3.4	8	5	6.7
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	64,389	6.5	1.7	8	8	6.7

Popular vote

SPD			45%
CDU			40.5%
B'90/GRÜNE			7%
FDP			6.5%

Bürgerschaft seats

SPD			45.8%
CDU			40.8%
B'90/GRÜNE			6.7%
FDP			6.7%

References

^ "BÜRGERSCHAFTSWAHL 1987". Tagesschau. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ Saretzki, Thomas (1988). "Die Wahl zur Hamburger Bürgerschaft vom 17. Mai 1987: Zweite Wiederholungswahl bringt erste sozialliberale Koalition seit der Bonner Wende". Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 19 (1): 26–35. ISSN 0340-1758.
^ Heinrich, Mark (18 May 1987). "Social Democrats Win Hamburg State Election, Lose in Rhineland- Palatinate". Associated Press. Retrieved 14 January 2022.