2013 Hessian state election

2013 Hesse state election
← 2009 22 September 2013 2018 →
All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,130,871 (73.2%)
Increase 12.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Volker Bouffier Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Tarek Al-Wazir
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 46 seats, 37.2% 29 seats, 23.7% 17 seats, 13.7%
Seats won 47 37 14
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 8 Decrease 3
Popular vote 1,199,633 961,311 348,661
Percentage 38.3% 30.7% 11.1%
Swing Increase 1.1% Increase 7.0% Decrease 2.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Willi van Ooyen Jörg-Uwe Hahn
Party Left FDP
Last election 6 seats, 5.4% 20 seats, 16.2%
Seats won 6 6
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 14
Popular vote 161,488 157,451
Percentage 5.2% 5.0%
Swing Decrease 0.2% Decrease 11.2%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Volker Bouffier
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Volker Bouffier
CDU

The 2013 Hessian state election was held on 22 September 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. 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 Volker Bouffier 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 The Greens, and Bouffier continued in office.[1]

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2009 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Volker Bouffier 37.2%
46 / 118
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel 23.7%
29 / 118
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei 		Classical liberalism Jörg-Uwe Hahn 16.2%
20 / 118
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 		Green politics Tarek Al-Wazir 13.7%
17 / 118
Linke The Left
Die Linke 		Democratic socialism Willi van Ooyen 5.4%
6 / 118

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		CDU SPD FDP Grüne Linke Others Lead
2013 state election 22 Sep 2013 – 38.3 30.7 5.0 11.1 5.4 9.7 7.6
Infratest dimap 10–12 Sep 2013 1,002 40 32 6 12.5 3.5 6 8
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 9–11 Sep 2013 1,040 38 30 5.5 13.5 5 8 8
Forsa 29 Aug 2013 2,012 39 28 6 15 4 ? 11
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 19–26 Aug 2013 1,040 38 30 5 15 4 8 8
Infratest dimap 15–18 Aug 2013 1,000 39 31 5 14 4 7 8
Forsa 1–10 Jul 2013 1,134 38 27 6 17 4 8 11
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 26 Jun–1 Jul 2013 1,018 38 30 5 15 4 8 8
dimap 7–15 May 2013 1,004 39 29 4 17 4 7 10
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 10–16 Apr 2013 1,010 36 33 5 16 4 ? 3
Infratest dimap 28 Nov–3 Dec 2012 1,000 36 31 4 18 5 6 5
Infratest dimap 11–16 Jan 2012 1,000 33 31 3 21 4 8 2
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 5–7 Dec 2011 1,008 33 32 3 19 3 10 1
Infratest dimap 1–6 Dec 2011 1,000 34 30 4 20 3 9 4
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 8–11 Nov 2010 1,002 32 29 5 23 4 7 3
2009 state election 18 Jan 2009 – 37.2 23.7 16.2 13.7 5.4 3.7 13.5

Election result

Following 2013 Hessian election
Summary of the 22 September 2013 election results for the Landtag of Hesse
Party Constituency Party list Total
seats 		+/-
Votes % Seats Votes % +/- Seats
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,329,746 42.72 41 1,199,633 38.32 Increase 1.13 6 47 Increase 1
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,092,125 35.09 14 961,896 30.72 Increase 7.01 23 37 Increase 8
Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) 289,830 9.31 0 348,661 11.14 Decrease 2.60 14 14 Decrease 3
The Left (DIE LINKE) 160,531 5.16 0 161,488 5.16 Decrease 0.21 6 6 Steady 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 93,098 2.99 0 157,451 5.03 Decrease 11.19 6 6 Decrease 14
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 42,721 1.37 0 126,906 4.05 New 0 0 New
Pirate Party (PIRATEN) 62,986 2.02 0 60,159 1.92 Increase 1.39 0 0 Steady 0
Free Voters (FW) 35,136 1.13 0 38,433 1.23 Decrease 0.40 0 0 Steady 0
National Democratic Party (NPD) – 33,433 1.07 Increase 0.21 0 0 Steady 0
Die PARTEI 1,786 0.06 0 15,109 0.48 New 0 0 New
The Republicans (REP) 1,930 0.06 0 9,360 0.30 Decrease 0.31 0 0 Steady 0
Active Democracy Direct (ADD) – 4,498 0.14 New 0 0 New
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) – 4,024 0.13 New 0 0 New
Alliance Grey Panthers (AGP) 606 0.02 0 2,456 0.08 New 0 0 New
Motorists' and People's Interest Party (AVIP) – 2,453 0.08 New 0 0 New
Noise Pollution, Environment, Politics, Honest (LUPe) 751 0.02 1,998 0.06 New 0 0 New
Civil Rights Movement Soliarity (BüSo) 261 0.01 0 1,422 0.05 Decrease 0.11 0 0 Steady 0
Socialist Equality Party (PSG) 62 0.00 0 1,311 0.04 New 0 0 New
Renew Democracy 387 0.01 0 – 0 New
Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (APPD) 306 0.01 0 – 0 New
The Right (DIE RECHTE) 300 0.01 0 – 0 New
Ecological Left (ÖkoLinX) 34 0.00 0 – 0 New
Total 3,112,596 100.00 55 2,130,781 100.00 55 110 Decrease 8
Invalid 103,610 3.22 85,425 2.66
Turnout 3,216,206 73.23 3,216,206 73.23 Increase 12.19
Registered voters 4,392,213 4,392,213

References

  1. ^ 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