1966 Hamburg state election

On 27 March 1966, elections for members of the sixth legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) after the Second World War were held in the German state of Hamburg.[1] There were 1,375,491 eligible voters.[2]

Hamburg
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President of the parliament
Carola Veit
Judiciary
  • Constitutional Court
    Hamburgisches Verfassungsgericht
  • Administrative courts
    Hamburgisches Oberverwaltungsgericht
    Verwaltungsgericht Hamburg
  • Courts of Justice
    Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht
    Landgericht Hamburg
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    Finanzgericht Hamburg
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    Landesarbeitsgericht Hamburg
    Arbeitsgericht Hamburg
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    Landessozialgericht Hamburg
    Sozialgericht Hamburg
Executive
Peter Tschentscher
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Results

959,816 voters, meaning a turnout of 69.8%, gave 947,802 valid and 12,014 invalid votes.[2]

Party Votes Vote percentage Seats Seats percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 558.754 59.0%[2] 74 61,7%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 284.501 30.0%[2] 38 31,7%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 64.837 6.8%[2] 8 6,7%
National Democratic Party (NPD) 36.654 3.9%[2] 0
Frei-Soziale Union (FSU) 3.056 0.3%[2] 0

Post-election

Herbert Weichmann continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg.

See also

References
  1. Wahltermine in Hamburg seit 1946 (in German), The Federal Returning Officer (Bundeswahlleiter), 2008, archived from the original on 2009-03-05, retrieved 2009-03-24
  2. Bürgerschaftswahl 1966 (in German), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), archived from the original on 2011-07-18, retrieved 2009-03-24


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