1997 Hamburg state election

[1] The incumbent government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Statt Party under First Mayor Henning Voscherau was defeated as Statt lost all its seats.

The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with the Green Alternative List (GAL).

Voscherau declined to run for re-election as First Mayor due to the SPD's poor performance, and fellow SPD member Ortwin Runde succeeded him.

The table below lists parties represented in the 15th Hamburg Parliament.

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