SPD wins choice: Hamburg – island of red -green bliss

While the world is looking for new order and Berlin for a new federal government, a week after the Bundestag election is decided on continuity in Hamburg. The SPD of Mayor Peter Tschentscher remains the strongest force after recruiting – despite losses. Your coalition partner, the Greens, also lose and land in third place behind the CDU.

In the end, however, it should be enough for what the previous coalition partners had formulated as a wish even before the election: they want to continue with red-green.

CDU: Hamburg votes for a change of politics

CDU top candidate Dennis Thering, who led his party back to the 20 percent mark after historically bad 11.2 percent five years ago, is likely to miss an election goal. After the Bundestag election, he wanted to “send the Greens into the opposition in Hamburg”.

On election evening he renewed his offer to the SPD: “We are available for a stable government with positive changes, especially in the areas of security, economy and transport.” Hamburg voted for a change of policy. Tschentscher, who had repeatedly agreed to the CDU the ability to government, is likely to leave it cold.

Tschentscher: “Hamburg is different” – SPD further strongest strength

“We should be overhauled from the right and left,” says election winner Tschenscher at the party of his SPD. “But that wasn’t successful.” After the disastrous result for the Social Democrats in the federal government, the comrades in Hamburg would not have left their heads hanging. “Hamburg is different, we wanted to continue to stay in Hamburg. And that is exactly what succeeded.”

For Tschenscher there is another gratifying news on the election evening: “That the bad mood from the right corner was kept from the neck in Hamburg.” The fact that the AfD is expected to remain well below ten percent is “a very important decision that hopefully radiates from Hamburg to Germany.”

At the Greens’ party, top candidate Katharina Fegebank is facilitated by the results – and moved to tears of joy. “I fell off my shoulders such a hundredweight, it has been so brutal for the past few weeks,” says the second mayor when she tries to wipe her eyes out of sight. Her conclusion: “Mascara smeared.”

Red-green two-thirds majority is gone

Heike Sudmann, top candidate of the Left, also stated that nothing will change in red-green in the next five years, who were also able to significantly increase in Hamburg after her success in the federal government. The big difference: “There is no longer a two-thirds majority. Red-green now has to see how they do something.”

Political scientist: Hamburg chooses refreshingly relaxed

After breaking the traffic lights and the new election of the Bundestag, the Hamburg election was “refreshingly relaxed”, says political scientist Kai-Uwe Schnapp from the University of Hamburg. And that is the reason: “Hamburg is by far the richest state.” With the nationwide largest gross domestic product per capita, the situation is very consolidated. “Of course, this also makes political shapes easier if I have more resources.”

Obviously, in the opinion of the citizens, the Senate “carried out reasonably good politics, has also dealt well with this prosperity and the election result is therefore,” says Schnapp.

Serenity also in Berlin

For the federal parties in Berlin, the Hamburg election does not bring a new great excitement around the Bundestag election so shortly after the hard polarization-especially for CDU boss Friedrich Merz and the SPD, which is now exploring a possible coalition in the federal government. Thanks to Tschenscher, the bonus of a popular incumbent is again the first place in their stronghold of Hamburg Balsam for the soul – thanks to Tschenscher.

The CDU entered gains in an otherwise often difficult city election. For Merz and SPD and CSU as a possible partner in Berlin, however, it also counts that no further state elections are followed this year. A black and red federal government could start without risking possible memo. The next mood tests will only follow in the spring of 2026 in the elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.