Election Name: | December 1982 Hamburg state election |
Country: | Hamburg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | June 1982 Hamburg state election |
Previous Year: | June 1982 |
Next Election: | 1986 Hamburg state election |
Next Year: | 1986 |
Seats For Election: | All 120 seats of the Hamburg Parliament. |
Election Date: | 19 December 1982 |
Turnout: | 84.0% 7.4 pp |
Leader1: | Klaus von Dohnanyi |
Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election1: | 42.7% |
Seats Before1: | 55 |
Seats1: | 64 |
Seat Change1: | +9 |
Popular Vote1: | 530,117 |
Percentage1: | 51.3% |
Swing1: | +8.6% |
Leader2: | Walther Leisler Kiep |
Party2: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
Last Election2: | 43.2% |
Seats Before2: | 56 |
Seats2: | 48 |
Seat Change2: | -8 |
Popular Vote2: | 398,518 |
Percentage2: | 38.6% |
Swing2: | -4.6% |
Party3: | Alliance '90/The Greens |
Last Election3: | 7.7% |
Seats Before3: | 9 |
Seats3: | 8 |
Seat Change3: | -1 |
Popular Vote3: | 70,501 |
Percentage3: | 6.8% |
Swing3: | -0.9% |
Party4: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
Last Election4: | 4.9% |
Seats Before4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seat Change4: | 0 |
Popular Vote4: | 26,485 |
Percentage4: | 2.6% |
Swing4: | -2.3% |
An election was held in Hamburg on 19 December 1982.[1] The Social Democratic Party won unexpectedly against the Christian Democratic Union.[2]