1991 Hessian state election

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1991 Hesse state election
Flag of Hesse.svg
  1987 20 January 1991 1995  

All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,974,872 (70.8%)
Decrease2.svg 9.5%
 First partySecond party
  Hans Eichel.jpg Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F044088-0023, Bonn, Guillaume Untersuchungsausschuss Bundestag.jpg
Leader Hans Eichel Walter Wallmann
Party SPD CDU
Last election44 seats, 40.2%47 seats, 42.1%
Seats won4646
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote1,213,9091,195,965
Percentage40.8%40.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.6%Decrease2.svg 1.9%

 Third partyFourth party
  Wolfgang Gerhardt, 2016 (cropped).jpg
LeaderIris Blaul
Joschka Fischer
Wolfgang Gerhardt
Party Greens FDP
Last election10 seats, 9.4%9 seats, 7.8%
Seats won108
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote262,161220,115
Percentage8.8%7.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.6%Decrease2.svg 0.4%

1991 Hessian state election.svg
Results for the single-member constituencies.

Minister-President before election

Walter Wallmann
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Hans Eichel
SPD

The 1991 Hessian state election was held on 20 January 1991 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Walter Wallmann.

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The opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) became the most popular party on a small swing, tying with the CDU in terms of seats. The incumbent government narrowly lost its majority, ceding two seats to the SPD. The Greens finished narrowly ahead of the FDP and subsequently formed a coalition government with the SPD. Hans Eichel became Minister-President at the start of April.

Parties

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

NameIdeologyLeader(s)1987 result
Votes (%)Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Walter Wallmann 42.1%
47 / 110
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Hans Eichel 40.2%
44 / 110
Grüne The Greens
Die Grünen
Green politics Iris Blaul
Joschka Fischer
9.4%
10 / 110
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism Wolfgang Gerhardt 7.8%
9 / 110

Election result

PartyConstituencyParty listTotal
seats
+/-
Votes %SeatsVotes %+/-Seats
Social Democratic Party (SPD)1,289,73543.58311,214,90940.84Increase2.svg 0.641546Increase2.svg 2
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)1,246,04642.10241,195,96540.20Decrease2.svg 1.912246Decrease2.svg 1
The Greens (GRÜNE)212,7957.190262,1618.81Decrease2.svg 0.591010Steady2.svg 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP)185,4136.270220,1157.40Decrease2.svg 0.4288Decrease2.svg 1
The Republicans (REP)8,6440.29049,3201.66New00New
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUEN)9,2730.31016,5210.56New00New
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)4,6520.1608,7720.29Increase2.svg 0.1600Steady2.svg 0
Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC)1370.0007,1090.24New00New
Total2,959,469100.00552,974,872100.0055110Steady2.svg 0
Invalid69,4712.2954,0681.79
Turnout3,028,94070.803,028,94070.80Decrease2.svg 9.50
Registered voters4,278,1514,278,151

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