Hamburg state election, 2008
- Hamburg state election, 2008
State elections were held in Hamburg on 24 February 2008.
The four parties having more than 5 percent (minimum to qualify) are the conservative CDU, the social-democratic SPD, the left-wing Die Linke and the ecologist Green Party (GAL). Ole von Beust, who is at the moment the head of Hamburg's senate, was the candidate of the CDU. The candidate for SPD was Michael Naumann.
* CDU: 42.6%
* SPD: 34.1%
* GAL: 9.6%
* Linke: 6.4%
* FDP: 4.8%Winner Ole von Beust (CDU) did not achieve an absolute majority. He formed Germany's very first "Black-Green" coalition on the federal state level with the Greens (after the respective party colours, CDU's colour is black). [Citation |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-02-24-germany-elections_N.htm |title=German conservatives win most votes |accessdate=2008-08-13 |publisher=usa today |date=2008-02-24 ] [cite journal |last=Kopp |first=Martin |title= Geheime Absprachen zwischen CDU und Grünen |year=2007 |pages= |location=Hamburg, Germany |publisher=Die Welt |url=http://www.welt.de/hamburg/arti2318261/Geheime_Absprachen_zwischen_CDU_und_Gruenen.html |date=2008-08-12| accessdate=2008-08-13 de icon] ]ee also
*Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic
*Hamburg state election, 2001
*Hamburg state election, 2004
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