1995 Hessian state election

1995 Hesse state election

19 February 1995
All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,768,821 (66.3%) 4.5%
First party Second party   Leader Manfred Kanther Hans Eichel Party CDU SPD Last election 46 seats, 40.2% 46 seats, 40.8% Seats won 45 44 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,084,146 1,051,452 Percentage 39.2% 38.0% Swing 1.0% 2.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Iris Blaul Rupert von Plottnitz Ruth Wagner Party Greens FDP Last election 10 seats, 8.8% 8 seats, 7.4% Seats won 13 8 Seat change 3 0 Popular vote 309,897 206,173 Percentage 11.2% 7.4% Swing 2.4% 0.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election Hans Eichel SPD Elected Minister-President Hans Eichel SPD

The 1995 Hessian state election was held on 19 February 1995 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Hans Eichel.

The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) returned as the largest party despite small losses. The SPD lost two seats, but the governing coalition was overall returned with a slightly increased majority due to gains made by the Greens. Hans Eichel was re-elected as Minister-President at the start of April.

Parties

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

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1991 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Hans Eichel	40.8%	46 / 110
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Manfred Kanther	40.2%	46 / 110
	Grüne	Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Green politics	Iris Blaul Rupert von Plottnitz	8.8%	10 / 110
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism	Ruth Wagner	7.4%	8 / 110

Election result

Party		Constituency			Party list				Total seats	+/-
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	+/-	Seats
	Christian Democratic Union	1,154,821	41.88	30	1,084,146	39.16	-1.05	15	45	-1
	Social Democratic Party	1,121,943	40.69	25	1,051,452	37.97	-2.86	19	44	2
	Alliance 90/The Greens	264,117	9.58	0	309,897	11.19	+2.38	13	13	3
	Free Democratic Party	129,745	4.71	0	206,173	7.45	-0.05	8	8	0
	The Republicans	47,254	1.71	0	54,775	1.98	+0.32	0	0	0
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	4,705	0.17	0	10,788	0.39	-0.17	0	0	0
	League of Free Citizens	4,350	0.15	0	8,570	0.31	New	0	0	New
	National Democratic Party	9,543	0.35	0	7,795	0.28	New	0	0	New
	Party of Bible-abiding Christians	4,397	0.16	0	6,780	0.24	+0.01	0	0	0
	Motorists' and Citizens' Interest Party	932	0.03	0	6,666	0.24	New	0	0	New
	Ecological Democratic Party	3,521	0.13	0	5,248	0.19	-0.11	0	0	0
	Statt Party	5,015	0.18	0	5,227	0.19	New	0	0	New
	Natural Law Party	3,909	0.14	0	4,522	0.16	New	0	0	New
	German Communist Party	1,261	0.05	0	3,291	0.12	New	0	0	New
	For Non, First, and Protest Voters	369	0.01	0	2,199	0.08	New	0	0	New
	German Homeland Party	306	0.01	0	808	0.03	New	0	0	New
	Civil Rights Movement Soliarity	557	0.02	0	484	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Independents	401	0.01	0	–				0	0
	Christian Centre	119	0.00	0	–				0	New
	Party of Willing Workers and Disadvantaged	39	0.00	0	–				0	New
Total		2,757,304	100.00	55	2,768,821	100.00		55	110	0
Invalid		75,725	2.67		64,208	2.27
Turnout		2,833,029	66.27		2,833,029	66.27	-4.53
Registered voters		4,275,027			4,275,027

Sources

• Landtagswahlen in Hessen 1946 — 2009 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine