1991 Hessian state election

1991 Hesse state election

← 1987 20 January 1991 1995 →
All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,974,872 (70.8%) 9.5%
First party Second party   Leader Hans Eichel Walter Wallmann Party SPD CDU Last election 44 seats, 40.2% 47 seats, 42.1% Seats won 46 46 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 1,213,909 1,195,965 Percentage 40.8% 40.2% Swing 0.6% 1.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Iris Blaul Joschka Fischer Wolfgang Gerhardt Party Green FDP Last election 10 seats, 9.4% 9 seats, 7.8% Seats won 10 8 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 262,161 220,115 Percentage 8.8% 7.4% Swing 0.6% 0.4%
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 Landtag of Hesse. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Walter Wallmann was defeated. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) narrowly became the most popular party, but tied with the CDU in number of seats. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and SPD leader Hans Eichel became Minister-President.

Parties[]

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

Election result[]

Summary of the 20 January 1991 election results for the Landtag of Hesse

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1,214,909	40.8	0.6	46	2	41.8
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,195,965	40.2	1.9	46	1	41.8
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	262,161	8.8	0.6	10	±0	9.1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	220,115	7.4	0.4	8	1	7.3
	The Republicans (REP)	49,320	1.7	1.7	0	±0	0
	Others	32,402	1.1		0	±0	0
Total		2,974,872	100.0		110	±0
Voter turnout			10.8	9.5

Sources[]

• Landtagswahlen in Hessen 1946 — 2009 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine