On 27 March 1966, elections for members of the sixth legislative period of the Hamburg Parliament (Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) 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.
Party Votes Vote percentage Seats Seats percentage Social Democratic Party (SPD) 558.754 59.0% 74 61,7% Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 284.501 30.0% 38 31,7% Free Democratic Party (FDP) 64.837 6.8% 8 6,7% National Democratic Party (NPD) 36.654 3.9% 0 Frei-Soziale Union (FSU) 3.056 0.3% 0
Post-election Herbert Weichmann continued to be the First Mayor of Hamburg.
See also Elections in Germany Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic 2001 Hamburg state election 2004 Hamburg state election 2008 Hamburg state election
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