The 1999 Hessian state election was held on 7 February 1999 to elect the members of the

Landtag of Hesse The Landtag of Hesse (german: link=no, Hessischer Landtag) is the unicameral parliament of the State of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in the Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden. As a legislature it is responsible for passing l ...

. The incumbent coalition government of the

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(SPD) and

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led by

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was defeated. This came despite polls indicating the government would be returned with an increased majority and that the SPD would overtake the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) as the largest party in the Landtag. After the election, the CDU and Free Democratic Party (FDP) formed a coalition, with CDU leader

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elected as Minister-President.

Parties

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

Opinion polling

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 1,215,783 , align= 43.4 , align= 4.2 , align= 50 , align= 5 , align= 45.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 1,102,544 , align= 39.4 , align= 1.4 , align= 46 , align= 2 , align= 41.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , align= 201,194 , align= 7.2 , align= 4.0 , align= 8 , align= 5 , align= 7.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 142,845 , align= 5.1 , align= 2.3 , align= 6 , align= 2 , align= 5.5 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 75,113 , align= 2.7 , align= 0.7 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 62,892 , align= 2.2 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 2,800,371 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 110 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 66.4 ! align= 0.1 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

The Federal Returning Officer
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Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Dar ...

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