Hessian state election, 2013

Hesse state election, 2013

22 September 2013
All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.2%
First party Second party Third party   127px 115px 119px Leader Volker Bouffier Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Tarek Al-Wazir Party CDU SPD Green Last election 46 seats, 37.2% 29 seats, 23.7% 17 seats, 13.7% Seats won 47 37 14 Seat change 1 8 3 Popular vote 1,198,889 961,311 348.371 Percentage 38.3% 30.7% 11.1% Swing 1.1% 7.0% 2.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   115px 115px 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 14 Popular vote 161.389 157,354 Percentage 5.2% 5.0% Swing 0.2% 11.2%
Minister-President before election Volker Bouffier CDU Elected Minister-President Volker Bouffier CDU

A state election was held in Hesse on 22 September 2013, coinciding with the 2013 federal election. On 8 February 2013, Minister-President Volker Bouffier agreed to the proposal of the President Joachim Gauck to hold the state elections on the same day as Germany's federal elections. The official result gave no major parties and their traditional coalition partners a clear majority in the parliament. On 17 December, the CDU and the Greens announced a tentative coalition agreement, which was confirmed on 21 December, creating the second CDU-Green coalition to govern a German state, after the previous government of Hamburg.

Opinion polls

Pollster	Date	CDU	SPD	FDP	Greens	Left	Pirates	AfD	Others
2009 results	18.01.2009	37.2 %	23.7 %	16.2 %	13.7 %	5.4 %	0.5 %	—	3.3 %
Infratest dimap	12.09.2013	40%	32%	6%	12.5%	3.5%	—	—	6%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	11.09.2013	38%	30%	5.5%	13.5%	5%	—	3%	5%
Forsa	03.09.2013	39%	28%	6%	15%	4%	2%	3%	3%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	28.08.2013	38%	30%	5%	15%	4%	—	3%	5%
Infratest dimap	21.08.2013	39%	31%	5%	14%	4%	—	—	7%
Forsa	17.07.2013	38%	27%	6%	17%	4%	—	2%	6%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	03.07.2013	38%	30%	5%	15%	4%	—	3%	5%
dimap	21.05.2013	39%	29%	4%	17%	4%	2%	2%	3%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	17.04.2013	36%	33%	5%	16%	4%	—	—	6%
Infratest dimap	05.12.2012	36%	31%	4%	18%	5%	3%	—	3%
Infratest dimap	18.01.2012	33%	31%	3%	21%	4%	4%	—	4%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	09.12.2011	33%	32%	3%	19%	3%	6%	—	4%
Infratest dimap	08.12.2011	34%	30%	4%	20%	3%	6%	—	3%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	13.11.2010	32%	29%	5%	23%	4%	—	—	7%

Results

 Summary of the 22 September 2013 Landtag of Hesse elections results
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Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Union Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands - CDU	1,198,889	38.3	1.1	47	1
	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - SPD	961,311	30.7	7.0	37	8
	Alliance '90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	348,371	11.1	2.6	14	3
	Left Die Linke	161,389	5.2	0.2	6
	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP	157,354	5.0	11.2	6	14
	Other parties	301,358	9.7	7.3	0
Valid votes		3,128,672	97.3	0.2
Invalid votes		85,504	2.7	0.2
Totals and voter turnout		3,214,176	73.2	12.2	110	8
Electorate		4,392,536	100.00	–
Source: Hessischer Landeswahlleiter

Popular Vote
CDU			38.32%
SPD			30.73%
B'90/GRÜNE			11.13%
DIE LINKE			5.16%
FDP			5.03%
AfD			4.04%
PIRATEN			1.92%
FW			1.23%
NPD			1.07%
Other			1.38%

Landtag seats
CDU			42.73%
SPD			33.64%
B'90/GRÜNE			12.73%
DIE LINKE			5.45%
FDP			5.45%

External links

• Hessischer Landeswahlleiter
• Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Hessen (wahlrecht.de)