1991 Hessian state election

1991 Hesse state election

20 January 1991
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 Greens 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%
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.

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.

Name			Ideology	Leader(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

Party		Constituency			Party list				Total seats	+/-
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	+/-	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	1,289,735	43.58	31	1,214,909	40.84	+0.64	15	46	+2
	Christian Democratic Union	1,246,046	42.10	24	1,195,965	40.20	-1.91	22	46	1
	The Greens	212,795	7.19	0	262,161	8.81	-0.59	10	10	0
	Free Democratic Party	185,413	6.27	0	220,115	7.40	-0.42	8	8	1
	The Republicans	8,644	0.29	0	49,320	1.66	New	0	0	New
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	9,273	0.31	0	16,521	0.56	New	0	0	New
	Ecological Democratic Party	4,652	0.16	0	8,772	0.29	+0.16	0	0	0
	Party of Bible-abiding Christians	137	0.00	0	7,109	0.24	New	0	0	New
Total		2,959,469	100.00	55	2,974,872	100.00		55	110	0
Invalid		69,471	2.29		54,068	1.79
Turnout		3,028,940	70.80		3,028,940	70.80	-9.50
Registered voters		4,278,151			4,278,151

Sources

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