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1991 Hessian state election

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1991 Hesse state election

← 1987 20 January 1991 1995 →

All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,974,872 (70.8%)
Decrease 9.5%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hans Eichel Walter Wallmann
Party SPD CDU
Last election 44 seats, 40.2% 47 seats, 42.1%
Seats won 46 46
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,213,909 1,195,965
Percentage 40.8% 40.2%
Swing Increase 0.6% Decrease 1.9%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Iris Blaul
Joschka Fischer
Wolfgang Gerhardt
Party Greens FDP
Last election 10 seats, 9.4% 9 seats, 7.8%
Seats won 10 8
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 262,161 220,115
Percentage 8.8% 7.4%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Decrease 0.4%

Results for the single-member constituencies.

Minister-President before election

Walter Wallmann
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Hans Eichel
SPD

The 1991 Hessian state election was held on 20 January 1991 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Walter Wallmann.

The opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) became the most popular party on a small swing, tying with the CDU in terms of seats. The incumbent government narrowly lost its majority, ceding two seats to the SPD. The Greens finished narrowly ahead of the FDP and subsequently formed a coalition government with the SPD. Hans Eichel became Minister-President at the start of April.

Parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1987 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Walter Wallmann 42.1%
47 / 110
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Hans Eichel 40.2%
44 / 110
Grüne The Greens
Die Grünen
Green politics Iris Blaul
Joschka Fischer
9.4%
10 / 110
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism Wolfgang Gerhardt 7.8%
9 / 110

Election result

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Party Constituency Party list Total
seats
+/-
Votes % Seats Votes % +/- Seats
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,289,735 43.58 31 1,214,909 40.84 Increase 0.64 15 46 Increase 2
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,246,046 42.10 24 1,195,965 40.20 Decrease 1.91 22 46 Decrease 1
The Greens (GRÜNE) 212,795 7.19 0 262,161 8.81 Decrease 0.59 10 10 Steady 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 185,413 6.27 0 220,115 7.40 Decrease 0.42 8 8 Decrease 1
The Republicans (REP) 8,644 0.29 0 49,320 1.66 New 0 0 New
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUEN) 9,273 0.31 0 16,521 0.56 New 0 0 New
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 4,652 0.16 0 8,772 0.29 Increase 0.16 0 0 Steady 0
Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC) 137 0.00 0 7,109 0.24 New 0 0 New
Total 2,959,469 100.00 55 2,974,872 100.00 55 110 Steady 0
Invalid 69,471 2.29 54,068 1.79
Turnout 3,028,940 70.80 3,028,940 70.80 Decrease 9.50
Registered voters 4,278,151 4,278,151

Sources

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