The 2013 Hessian state election was held on 22 September 2013 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 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 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

Minister-President A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. I ...

Volker Bouffier Volker Bouffier (born 18 December 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Minister President of the German state of Hessen from 31 August 2010 to 31 May 2022. From 1 November 2014 until 31 October 2015 ...

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.

Opinion polling

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 1,199,633 , align= 38.3 , align= 1.1 , align= 47 , align= 1 , align= 42.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

(SPD) , align= 961,896 , align= 30.7 , align= 7.0 , align= 37 , align= 8 , align= 33.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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 ...

(Grüne) , align= 348,661 , align= 11.1 , align= 2.6 , align= 14 , align= 3 , align= 12.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 161,488 , align= 5.2 , align= 0.2 , align= 6 , align= 0 , align= 5.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(FDP) , align= 157,451 , align= 5.0 , align= 11.2 , align= 6 , align= 14 , align= 5.5 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist * * * * * * * political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany ...

(AfD) , align= 126,906 , align= 4.1 , align= New , align= 0 , align= New , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Pirate Party Germany The Pirate Party Germany (german: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the infor ...

(Piraten) , align= 60,159 , align= 1.9 , align= 1.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , , align=left ,

Free Voters Free Voters (german: Freie Wähler, FW or FWG) in Germany may belong to an association of people which participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it involves a locally organized group of voters ...

(FW) , align= 38,433 , align= 1.2 , align= 0.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 33,433 , align= 1.1 , align= 0.2 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 42,721 , align= 1.4 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 3,130,781 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 110 ! align= 8 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 73.2 ! align= 12.2 ! align= ! align= ! align=

References

External links

Hessischer Landeswahlleiter

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