# Politics of Hamburg

The bases of the political system are the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany and the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg.
The Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg is its own state in the Federal Republic of Germany. Hamburg is a republic, democratic welfare state and a constitutional state. At the same time Hamburg is a municipality, there is no separation between these two administrative tasks. The power to create a law is restricted by federal law.
There is a clear separation of powers.
The two main parties in the current government of Hamburg are the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the left-wing Alliance 90/The Greens (Green). Historically, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany has also had a significant presence.

## List of Mayors of Hamburg

Political party key:  SPD  CDU
First Mayor and President of the Senate of Hamburg :
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Days | Political party |
| Hamburg (1945–1949) |||||||
| British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany |||||||
| – | | Rudolf Petersen (1878–1962) Appointed by the British military | 15 May 1945 | 22 November 1946 | 556 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 1 | | Max Brauer First term (1887–1973) | 22 November 1946 | 23 May 1949 | 913 | Social Democratic Party |
| Hamburg (1949–present) |||||||
| City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany |||||||
| (1) | | Max Brauer First term (1887–1973) | 23 May 1949 | 2 December 1953 | 1654 | Social Democratic Party |
| 2 | | Kurt Sieveking (1897–1986) | 2 December 1953 | 4 December 1957 | 1463 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 2 (1) | | Max Brauer Second term (1887–1973) | 4 December 1957 | 31 December 1960 (resigned) | 1123 | Social Democratic Party |
| 4 | | Paul Nevermann (1902–1979) | 1 January 1961 | 9 June 1965 (resigned) | 1620 | Social Democratic Party |
| 5 | | Herbert Weichmann (1896–1983) | 9 June 1965 | 9 June 1971 (resigned) | 2191 | Social Democratic Party |
| 6 | | Peter Schulz (1930–2013) | 9 June 1971 | 4 November 1974 (resigned) | 1244 | Social Democratic Party |
| 7 | | Hans-Ulrich Klose (1937–2023) | 12 November 1974 | 22 May 1981 (resigned) | 2383 | Social Democratic Party |
| 8 | | Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 1928) | 24 June 1981 | 8 June 1988 | 2541 | Social Democratic Party |
| 9 | | Henning Voscherau (1941–2016) | 8 June 1988 | 8 October 1997 (resigned) | 3409 | Social Democratic Party |
| 10 | | Ortwin Runde (born 1944) | 12 November 1997 | 31 October 2001 | 1449 | Social Democratic Party |
| 11 | | Ole von Beust (born 1955) | 31 October 2001 | 25 August 2010 (resigned) | 3220 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 12 | | Christoph Ahlhaus (born 1969) | 25 August 2010 | 7 March 2011 | 194 | Christian Democratic Union |
| 13 | | Olaf Scholz (born 1958) | 7 March 2011 | 13 March 2018 (resigned) | 2563 | Social Democratic Party |
| 14 | | Peter Tschentscher (born 1966) | 28 March 2018 | Incumbent | 2415 | Social Democratic Party |

## Hamburg Parliament
### Party Strength in Landtag

A darkened box under a party in any given year denotes that the party had either not yet been founded, or the party had become defunct, by the date of that election.
| Election year | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Election year | Total seats | SPD | CDU | FDP | Grüne | Linke | AfD | Other |
| 1946 | 110 | 83 | 16 | 7 | | | | 4 |
| 1949 | 120 | 65 | 40 | 40 | | | | 15 |
| 1953 | 120 | 58 | 62 | 62 | | | | |
| 1957 | 120 | 69 | 41 | 10 | | | | |
| 1961 | 120 | 72 | 36 | 12 | | | | |
| 1966 | 120 | 74 | 38 | 8 | | | | |
| 1970 | 120 | 70 | 41 | 9 | | | | |
| 1974 | 120 | 56 | 51 | 13 | | | | |
| 1978 | 120 | 69 | 51 | | | | | |
| June 1982 | 120 | 55 | 56 | | 9 | | | |
| December 1982 | 120 | 64 | 48 | | 8 | | | |
| 1986 | 120 | 53 | 54 | | 13 | | | |
| 1987 | 120 | 55 | 49 | 8 | 8 | | | |
| 1991 | 121 | 61 | 44 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 1993 | 121 | 58 | 36 | | 19 | | | 8 |
| 1997 | 121 | 54 | 46 | | 21 | | | |
| 2001 | 121 | 46 | 33 | 6 | 11 | | | 25 |
| 2004 | 121 | 41 | 63 | | 17 | | | |
| 2008 | 121 | 45 | 56 | | 12 | 8 | | |
| 2011 | 121 | 62 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 8 | | |
| 2015 | 121 | 58 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 123 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 7 | |

### City Parliament Compositions

* 1st Parliament, following 1946 election
* 2nd Parliament, following 1949 election
* 3rd Parliament, following 1953 election
* 4th Parliament, following 1957 election
* 5th Parliament, following 1961 election
* 6th Parliament, following 1966 election
* 7th Parliament, following 1970 election
* 8th Parliament, following 1974 election
* 9th Parliament, following 1978 election
* 10th Parliament, following June 1982 election
* 11th Parliament, following December 1982 election
* 12th Parliament, following 1986 election
* 13th Parliament, following 1987 election
* 14th Parliament, following 1991 election
* 15th Parliament, following 1993 election
* 16th Parliament, following 1997 election
* 17th Parliament, following 2001 election
* 18th Parliament, following 2004 election
* 19th Parliament, following 2008 election
* 20th Parliament, following 2011 election
* 21st Parliament, following 2015 election
* 22nd Parliament, following 2020 election

### City Election Results Maps

* 2015 Hamburg state election
* 2020 Hamburg state election

### Constituencies in the City Parliament

* Hamburg-Mitte (01)
* Billstedt – Wilhelmsburg – Finkenwerder (02)
* Altona (03)
* Blankenese (04)
* Rotherbaum – Harvestehude – Eimsbüttel-Ost (05)
* Stellingen – Eimsbüttel-West (06)
* Lokstedt – Niendorf – Schnelsen (07)
* Eppendorf – Winterhude (08)
* Barmbek – Uhlenhorst – Dulsberg (09)
* Fuhlsbüttel – Alsterdorf – Langenhorn (10)
* Wandsbek (11)
* Bramfeld – Farmsen-Berne (12)
* Alstertal - Walddörfer (13)
* Rahlstedt (14)
* Bergedorf (15)
* Harburg (16)
* Süderelbe (17)

## Constituencies in the Bundestag

| No | Constituency | Member | 2021 | Voters | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 |
| 18 | Hamburg-Mitte | Falko Droßmann | SPD | 242,078 | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 19 | Hamburg-Altona | Linda Heitmann | Grüne | 187,705 | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 20 | Hamburg-Eimsbüttel | Till Steffen | Grüne | 193,823 | SPD | SPD | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 21 | Hamburg-Nord | Dorothee Martin | SPD | 219,909 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 22 | Hamburg- Wandsbek | Aydan Özoğuz | SPD | 233,483 | SPD | SPD | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD |
| 23 | Hamburg-Bergedorf – Harburg | Metin Hakverdi | SPD | 221,794 | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election |