Hamburg election campaign: Who will win the citizenship? Pure excitement!

Hamburg election campaign: Who will win the citizenship? Pure excitement!

On Sunday, March 1, 2025, almost 1.3 million Hamburg residents will be called to vote for a new citizenship. The polling stations in the Hanseatic city open their doors from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. This election is particularly important as it is the only regular state election in Germany this year. The outcome will not only have a decisive impact on the result of the current election, but also on the future political landscape in Hamburg, especially one week after the federal election in Germany. The oe24 reports that the polls show a narrow majority for the ruling SPD under Mayor Peter Tschentscher, which is in coalition with the Greens.

Eligible voters and vote allocation

All Hamburg residents aged 16 and over with German citizenship are eligible to vote. Each voter has the opportunity to cast up to ten votes, divided into five votes each on the state list and the constituency list ballot paper. A total of at least 121 seats are up for grabs in the state parliament. Loud finanzen.at Almost a third of eligible voters have already voted in advance, which is clear from the more than 420,000 postal voting documents issued - a number that is significantly higher than five years ago.

In the last general election in 2020, the SPD and the Greens together achieved a majority of two-thirds of the votes. Meanwhile, the CDU had reached a historic low of 11.2 percent. However, recent polls show an increase in support for the CDU, while the SPD and the Greens face losses. The SPD is currently seen at 33 percent, followed by the Greens with 17 percent and the CDU with 18 percent. The Left could also increase to 12 percent, while the AfD is still present at 9 percent. However, it should be noted that election surveys do not offer definitive forecasts and are always associated with uncertainty.