2013 Hessian state election

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2013 Hesse state election

← 2009 22 September 2013 2018 →
All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	3,130,871 (73.2%) 12.2%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Volker Bouffier Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Tarek Al-Wazir Party CDU SPD Green Last election 46 seats, 37.2% 29 seats, 23.7% 17 seats, 13.7% Seats won 47 37 14 Seat change 1 8 3 Popular vote 1,199,633 961,311 348,661 Percentage 38.3% 30.7% 11.1% Swing 1.1% 7.0% 2.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Willi van Ooyen Jörg-Uwe Hahn Party Left FDP Last election 6 seats, 5.4% 20 seats, 16.2% Seats won 6 6 Seat change 0 14 Popular vote 161,488 157,451 Percentage 5.2% 5.0% Swing 0.2% 11.2%
Minister-President before election Volker Bouffier CDU Elected Minister-President Volker Bouffier CDU

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.^[1]

Parties[]

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

Opinion polling[]

Election result[]

Summary of the 22 September 2013 election results for the Landtag of Hesse

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,199,633	38.3	1.1	47	1	42.7
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	961,896	30.7	7.0	37	8	33.6
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	348,661	11.1	2.6	14	3	12.7
	The Left (Linke)	161,488	5.2	0.2	6	0	5.5
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	157,451	5.0	11.2	6	14	5.5
	Alternative for Germany (AfD)	126,906	4.1	New	0	New	0
	Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)	60,159	1.9	1.4	0	±0	0
	Free Voters (FW)	38,433	1.2	0.4	0	±0	0
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	33,433	1.1	0.2	0	±0	0
	Others	42,721	1.4		0	±0	0
Total		3,130,781	100.0		110	8
Voter turnout			73.2	12.2

References[]

External links[]

• Hessischer Landeswahlleiter
• Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Hessen ()