1966 Hamburg state election


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

Results

959,816 voters, meaning a turnout of 69.8%, gave 947,802 valid and 12,014 invalid votes.
PartyVotesVote percentageSeatsSeats percentage
Social Democratic Party 558.75459.0%7461,7%
Christian Democratic Union 284.50130.0%3831,7%
Free Democratic Party 64.8376.8%86,7%
National Democratic Party 36.6543.9%0
Frei-Soziale Union 3.0560.3%0

Post-election

Herbert Weichmann continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg.