2013 Hessian state election
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All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 3,130,871 (73.2%) 12.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2013 Hessian state election was held on 22 September 2013 to elect the members of the
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 | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Volker Bouffier | 37.2% | 46 / 118
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SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel | 23.7% | 29 / 118
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FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | Jörg-Uwe Hahn | 16.2% | 20 / 118
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Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | Tarek Al-Wazir | 13.7% | 17 / 118
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Linke | The Left Die Linke |
Democratic socialism | Willi van Ooyen | 5.4% | 6 / 118
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Opinion polling
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | FDP | Grüne | Linke | Others | Lead |
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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
Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats |
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | |||||
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 1,329,746 | 42.72 | 41 | 1,199,633 | 38.32 | 1.13 | 6 | 47 | 1 | ||
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,092,125 | 35.09 | 14 | 961,896 | 30.72 | 7.01 | 23 | 37 | 8 | ||
Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) | 289,830 | 9.31 | 0 | 348,661 | 11.14 | 2.60 | 14 | 14 | 3 | ||
The Left (DIE LINKE) | 160,531 | 5.16 | 0 | 161,488 | 5.16 | 0.21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 93,098 | 2.99 | 0 | 157,451 | 5.03 | 11.19 | 6 | 6 | 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 | 1.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Free Voters (FW) | 35,136 | 1.13 | 0 | 38,433 | 1.23 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
National Democratic Party (NPD) | – | 33,433 | 1.07 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 8 | |||
Invalid | 103,610 | 3.22 | 85,425 | 2.66 | |||||||
Turnout | 3,216,206 | 73.23 | 3,216,206 | 73.23 | 12.19 | ||||||
Registered voters | 4,392,213 | 4,392,213 |
References
- ^ 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