The 2013 Hessian state election was held on 22 September 2013 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 election was held on the same day as the
2013 federal election. The incumbent
coalition government of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and
Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by
Minister-President
A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. I ...
Volker Bouffier
Volker Bouffier (born 18 December 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 ...
was defeated. The FDP suffered major losses, exceeding the 5% electoral threshold by under 1,000 votes. After the election, the CDU formed a coalition with
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, and Bouffier continued in office.
[Deutsche Welle, "Greens agree landmark coalition with Merkel's CDU in German state of Hesse" http://www.dw.de/greens-agree-landmark-coalition-with-merkels-cdu-in-german-state-of-hesse/a-17315706]
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.
Opinion polling
Election result
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! colspan="2" , Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
! Seats %
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 1,199,633
, align= 38.3
, align= 1.1
, align= 47
, align= 1
, align= 42.7
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
Fo ...
(SPD)
, align= 961,896
, align= 30.7
, align= 7.0
, align= 37
, align= 8
, align= 33.6
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
, align= 348,661
, align= 11.1
, align= 2.6
, align= 14
, align= 3
, align= 12.7
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
The Left (Linke)
, align= 161,488
, align= 5.2
, align= 0.2
, align= 6
, align= 0
, align= 5.5
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, align= 157,451
, align= 5.0
, align= 11.2
, align= 6
, align= 14
, align= 5.5
, -
! colspan=8,
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
, align= 126,906
, align= 4.1
, align= New
, align= 0
, align= New
, align= 0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Pirate Party Germany
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(Piraten)
, align= 60,159
, align= 1.9
, align= 1.4
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
, -
,
, align=left ,
Free Voters
Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of voters ...
(FW)
, align= 38,433
, align= 1.2
, align= 0.4
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
National Democratic Party (NPD)
, align= 33,433
, align= 1.1
, align= 0.2
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
, -
, bgcolor=,
, align=left , Others
, align= 42,721
, align= 1.4
, align=
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
, -
! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 3,130,781
! align= 100.0
! align=
! align= 110
! align= 8
! align=
, -
! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
! align=
! align= 73.2
! align= 12.2
! align=
! align=
! align=
References
External links
Hessischer Landeswahlleiter(
wahlrecht.de)
{{2013 elections in Germany
2013 elections in Germany
2013
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