Hamburg has a very new but special voting system. You must take this into account when filling out the ballot papers for the 2020 general election in Hamburg.
- There are 15 parties on the ballot in the general election in Hamburg
- However, there is also a second ballot with candidates.
- There are a few formalities to consider when filling out the voting forms.
Hamburg - On February 23, Hamburgers decide on their new citizenship, the state parliament of the Hanseatic city. So far, the SPD has ruled under the First Mayor Peter Tschentscher in a coalition with the Greens.
Finance minister Olaf Scholz held the post until he moved to the federal government. However, his successor Peter Tschentscher recently separated himself from the federal SPD.
Office choice 2020: SPD in Hamburg threaten severe losses
The reason may be the poor state of the comrades in the federal government and most countries. And also in Hamburg the Social Democrats are predicted to suffer severe losses.
Here the coalition partners, the Greens, could benefit from their weakness. Surveys assume a head-to-head race. With Katharina Fegebank * , the Greens send the former Second Mayor into the race.
Citizenship election 2020 in Hamburg: A yellow and a red ballot
In addition to the Greens and the SPD , 13 other parties are on the yellow ballot paper for the general election in Hamburg. The CDU , Linke , FDP and AfD are already part of the current citizenship , which was elected in 2015. They all also send a top candidate into the race.
There is also a red ballot , with the names of the candidates from the constituency of the person entitled to vote. More than half of the seats are allocated through direct mandates .
Sample voting slips are included in the election notification so that every voter can get an overview beforehand. Anyone who is a Hamburg citizen and at least 16 years old but has not received an election notification can report to the responsible electoral office. Postal voting is also possible in the state election in Hamburg.
Citizenship election Hamburg 2020: voters can make five crosses per ballot
Five crosses may be made on each ballot . These can either be split up or given to the same candidate or party. The same applies to postal voting.
The winners from the respective constituency will subsequently provide 71 seats in the new parliament. A further 50 are determined by the parties themselves. Depending on how many votes they have collected on the yellow ballot papers, they may send more or fewer deputies .
It is important for voters to know that you should never distribute more than five crosses. Otherwise the ballot is invalid and will not be counted. However, making fewer crosses is allowed. If you still don't know where to put your crosses, decision aids such as Wahl-O-Mat * are available. however, we have also summarized the most important statements of the party programs for the state election.
You can follow all projections on election evening in our live ticker. We also wrote down all the results - including those from the last election - separately.
* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen editorial network.
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