Hessian state election, 1999

The Hesse state election, 1999, was conducted on 7 February 1999, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Hesse.

Results

Party Party List votes Vote percentage Total Seats Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,215,783 43.4% (+4.2) 50 (+5) 45.5%
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,102,544 39,4% (+1.4) 46 (+2) 41.8%
Alliance '90/The Greens 201,914 7.2% (-4.0) 8 (-5) 7.3%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 142,845 5.1% (-2.3) 6 (-2) 5.5%
The Republicans 75,114 2.7% (+0.7) 0 (=) 0.0%
All Others 62,892 2.2% (=) 0 (=) 0.0%
Totals 2,800,372 100.0% 110 100.0%
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 43.42%
SPD
 
 39.37%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.18%
F.D.P.
 
 5.10%
REP
 
 2.68%
Other
 
 2.25%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 45.45%
SPD
 
 41.82%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.27%
F.D.P.
 
 5.45%

Post-election

The "red-green coalition" from Prime Minister Hans Eichel (SPD) lost its majority, so the Landtag elected Roland Koch (CDU) as new Prime Minister. He built up a coalition with the FDP, to form the new government.

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