The 2013 Hessian state election was held on 22 September 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The election was held on the same day as the 2013 federal election. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by 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.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
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse. Name Ideology Leader(s) 2009 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Volker Bouffier 37.2% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel 23.7% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Jörg-Uwe Hahn 16.2% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics Tarek Al-Wazir 13.7% Linke The Left Democratic socialism Willi van Ooyen 5.4%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU SPD FDP Grüne Linke Others Lead 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
! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party ! colspan=3| Constituency ! colspan=4| Party list ! rowspan=2| Totalseats ! rowspan=2| +/- |- ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union | 1,329,746 | 42.72 | 41 | 1,199,633 | 38.32 | +1.13 | 6 | 47 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party | 1,092,125 | 35.09 | 14 | 961,896 | 30.72 | +7.01 | 23 | 37 | 8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens | 289,830 | 9.31 | 0 | 348,661 | 11.14 | +2.60 | 14 | 14 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left | 160,531 | 5.16 | 0 | 161,488 | 5.16 | -0.21 | 6 | 6 | 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party | 93,098 | 2.99 | 0 | 157,451 | 5.03 | -11.19 | 6 | 6 | 14 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany | 42,721 | 1.37 | 0 | 126,906 | 4.05 | New | 0 | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Pirate Party | 62,986 | 2.02 | 0 | 60,159 | 1.92 | +1.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Voters | 35,136 | 1.13 | 0 | 38,433 | 1.23 | -0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| National Democratic Party | colspan=3| – | 33,433 | 1.07 | +0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Die PARTEI | 1,786 | 0.06 | 0 | 15,109 | 0.48 | New | 0 | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Republicans | 1,930 | 0.06 | 0 | 9,360 | 0.30 | -0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0
| align=left| Active Democracy Direct | colspan=3| – | 4,498 | 0.14 | New | 0 | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Ecological Democratic Party | colspan=3| – | 4,024 | 0.13 | New | 0 | 0 | New
| align=left| Alliance Grey Panthers | 606 | 0.02 | 0 | 2,456 | 0.08 | New | 0 | 0 | New
| align=left| Motorists' Interest Party | colspan=3| – | 2,453 | 0.08 | New | 0 | 0 | New
| align=left| Noise Pollution, Environment, Politics | 751 | 0.02 | | 1,998 | 0.06 | New | 0 | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Solidarity Movement | 261 | 0.01 | 0 | 1,422 | 0.05 | -0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Socialist Equality Party | 62 | 0.00 | 0 | 1,311 | 0.04 | New | 0 | 0 | New
| align=left| Renew Democracy | 387 | 0.01 | 0 | colspan=4| – | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Anarchist Pogo Party | 306 | 0.01 | 0 | colspan=4| – | 0 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Right | 300 | 0.01 | 0 | colspan=4| – | 0 | New
| align=left| Ecological Left | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | colspan=4| – | 0 | New |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2| Total ! 3,112,596 ! 100.00 ! 55 ! 3,130,781 ! 100.00 ! ! 55 ! 110 ! 8 |- | colspan=2 align=center| Invalid | 103,610 | 3.22 | | 85,425 | 2.66 | colspan=4| |- ! colspan=2| Turnout ! 3,216,206 ! 73.23 ! ! 3,216,206 ! 73.23 ! +12.19 ! colspan=4| |- | colspan=2 align=center| Registered voters | 4,392,213 | colspan=2| | 4,392,213 | colspan=5|
References
External links Hessischer Landeswahlleiter Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Hessen (wahlrecht.de)