December 1982 Hamburg state election

{{Infobox election

| election_name =December 1982 Hamburg state election

| country =Hamburg

| type =parliamentary

| ongoing =no

| previous_election =June 1982 Hamburg state election

| previous_year =June 1982

| next_election =1986 Hamburg state election

| next_year =1986

| seats_for_election =All 120 seats of the Hamburg Parliament.

| election_date =19 December 1982

| turnout = 84.0% {{increase}} 7.4 pp

| image1 =150x150px

| leader1 =Klaus von Dohnanyi

| party1 =Social Democratic Party of Germany

| last_election1 = 42.7%

| seats_before1 = 55

| seats1 = 64

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 9

| popular_vote1 = 530,117

| percentage1 = 51.3%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 8.6 pp

| image2 = 150x150px

| leader2 = Walther Leisler Kiep

| party2 =Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

| last_election2 = 43.2%

| seats_before2 = 56

| seats2 = 48

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 8

| popular_vote2 = 398,518

| percentage2 = 38.6%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 4.6 pp

| image3 = 100px

| leader3 =

| party3 = Alliance '90/The Greens

| last_election3 = 7.7%

| seats_before3 = 9

| seats3 = 8

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote3 = 70,501

| percentage3 = 6.8%

| swing3 = {{decrease}} 0.9 pp

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| map_size =

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}}

{{Politics of Hamburg}}

An election was held in Hamburg on 19 December 1982.{{cite news|title=Bürgerschaftswahlen in Hamburg|url=http://www.election.de/cgi-bin/content.pl?url=/ltw_hh.html|publisher=Elections.de|access-date=December 5, 2010}} The Social Democratic Party won unexpectedly against the Christian Democratic Union.

{{cite news|title=THE WORLD; Election Upset In Hamburg|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/26/weekinreview/the-world-election-upset-in-hamburg.html|work=New York Times|date=December 26, 2006|access-date=December 5, 2010|first=Milt|last=Freundenheim}}