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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.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1991 result | |||
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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 |
Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats | +/- | |||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | |||||
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 1,154,821 | 41.88 | 30 | 1,084,146 | 39.16 | 1.05 | 15 | 45 | 1 | ||
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,121,943 | 40.69 | 25 | 1,051,452 | 37.97 | 2.86 | 19 | 44 | 2 | ||
Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) | 264,117 | 9.58 | 0 | 309,897 | 11.19 | 2.38 | 13 | 13 | 3 | ||
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 129,745 | 4.71 | 0 | 206,173 | 7.45 | 0.05 | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
The Republicans (REP) | 47,254 | 1.71 | 0 | 54,775 | 1.98 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUEN) | 4,705 | 0.17 | 0 | 10,788 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
League of Free Citizens (BFB) | 4,350 | 0.15 | 0 | 8,570 | 0.31 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
National Democratic Party (NPD) | 9,543 | 0.35 | 0 | 7,795 | 0.28 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC) | 4,397 | 0.16 | 0 | 6,780 | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Motorists' and Citizens' Interest Party (APD) | 932 | 0.03 | 0 | 6,666 | 0.24 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | 3,521 | 0.13 | 0 | 5,248 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Statt Party (STATT) | 5,015 | 0.18 | 0 | 5,227 | 0.19 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Natural Law Party (Naturgesetz) | 3,909 | 0.14 | 0 | 4,522 | 0.16 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
German Communist Party (DKP) | 1,261 | 0.05 | 0 | 3,291 | 0.12 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
For Non, First, and Protest Voters (fNEP) | 369 | 0.01 | 0 | 2,199 | 0.08 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
German Homeland Party (DHP) | 306 | 0.01 | 0 | 808 | 0.03 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Civil Rights Movement Soliarity (BüSo) | 557 | 0.02 | 0 | 484 | 0.02 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Christian Centre (CM) | 119 | 0.00 | 0 | – | 0 | New | |||||
Party of Willing Workers and Disadvantaged (PASS) | 39 | 0.00 | 0 | – | 0 | New | |||||
Independents | 401 | 0.01 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
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 |
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