The 2003 Hessian state election was held on 2 February 2003 to elect the members of the

Landtag of Hesse The Landtag of Hesse (german: link=no, Hessischer Landtag) is the unicameral parliament of the State of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in the Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden. As a legislature it is responsible for passing l ...

. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and

Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism. Current parties with that name include: *Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...

(FDP) led by

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Roland Koch Roland Koch (born 24 March 1958) is a German jurist and former conservative politician of the CDU. He was the 7th Minister President of Hesse from 7 April 1999, immediately becoming the 53rd President of the Bundesrat, completing the term begu ...

was returned with an increased majority. The CDU recorded a 5.4% swing in its favour, winning an absolute majority of seats. It subsequently formed government alone, with Roland Koch continuing in office.

Parties

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

Opinion polling

Election result

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Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...

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(FDP) , align= 216,110 , align= 7.9 , align= 2.8 , align= 9 , align= 3 , align= 8.2 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 34,563 , align= 1.3 , align= 1.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 78,604 , align= 2.9 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 2,734,992 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 110 ! align= ±0 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 64.6 ! align= 1.8 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

The Federal Returning Officer
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Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Da ...

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