1995 Hessian state election

The 1995 Hessian state election was held on 19 February 1995 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Hans Eichel.

1995 Hesse state election

19 February 1995
All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,768,821 (66.3%) 4.5%
First party Second party   Leader Manfred Kanther Hans Eichel Party CDU SPD Last election 46 seats, 40.2% 46 seats, 40.8% Seats won 45 44 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,084,146 1,051,452 Percentage 39.2% 38.0% Swing 1.0% 2.8%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Iris Blaul Rupert von Plottnitz Ruth Wagner Party Greens FDP Last election 10 seats, 8.8% 8 seats, 7.4% Seats won 13 8 Seat change 3 0 Popular vote 309,897 206,173 Percentage 11.2% 7.4% Swing 2.4% 0.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election Hans Eichel SPD Elected Minister-President Hans Eichel SPD

The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) returned as the largest party despite small losses. The SPD lost two seats, but the governing coalition was overall returned with a slightly increased majority due to gains made by the Greens. Hans Eichel was re-elected as Minister-President at the start of April.

Parties

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

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1991 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Hans Eichel	40.8%	46 / 110
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Manfred Kanther	40.2%	46 / 110
	Grüne	Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Green politics	Iris Blaul Rupert von Plottnitz	8.8%	10 / 110
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism	Ruth Wagner	7.4%	8 / 110

Election result

Party		Constituency			Party list				Total seats	+/-
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	+/-	Seats
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,154,821	41.88	30	1,084,146	39.16	1.05	15	45	1
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1,121,943	40.69	25	1,051,452	37.97	2.86	19	44	2
	Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE)	264,117	9.58	0	309,897	11.19	2.38	13	13	3
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	129,745	4.71	0	206,173	7.45	0.05	8	8	0
	The Republicans (REP)	47,254	1.71	0	54,775	1.98	0.32	0	0	0
	The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUEN)	4,705	0.17	0	10,788	0.39	0.17	0	0	0
	League of Free Citizens (BFB)	4,350	0.15	0	8,570	0.31	New	0	0	New
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	9,543	0.35	0	7,795	0.28	New	0	0	New
	Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC)	4,397	0.16	0	6,780	0.24	0.01	0	0	0
	Motorists' and Citizens' Interest Party (APD)	932	0.03	0	6,666	0.24	New	0	0	New
	Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)	3,521	0.13	0	5,248	0.19	0.11	0	0	0
	Statt Party (STATT)	5,015	0.18	0	5,227	0.19	New	0	0	New
	Natural Law Party (Naturgesetz)	3,909	0.14	0	4,522	0.16	New	0	0	New
	German Communist Party (DKP)	1,261	0.05	0	3,291	0.12	New	0	0	New
	For Non, First, and Protest Voters (fNEP)	369	0.01	0	2,199	0.08	New	0	0	New
	German Homeland Party (DHP)	306	0.01	0	808	0.03	New	0	0	New
	Civil Rights Movement Soliarity (BüSo)	557	0.02	0	484	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Christian Centre (CM)	119	0.00	0	–				0	New
	Party of Willing Workers and Disadvantaged (PASS)	39	0.00	0	–				0	New
	Independents	401	0.01	0	–				0	0
Total		2,757,304	100.00	55	2,768,821	100.00		55	110	0
Invalid		75,725	2.67		64,208	2.27
Turnout		2,833,029	66.27		2,833,029	66.27	4.53
Registered voters		4,275,027			4,275,027

Sources

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