2003 Hessian state election
Appearance
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All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 2,734,992 (64.6%)![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Hessian state election was held on 2 February 2003 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Roland Koch 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
[edit]The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1999 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Roland Koch | 43.4% | 50 / 110
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SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Gerhard Bökel | 39.4% | 46 / 110
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Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | Evelin Schönhut-Keil Tarek Al-Wazir |
7.2% | 8 / 110
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FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | Ruth Wagner | 5.1% | 6 / 110
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Opinion polling
[edit]Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead |
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2003 state election | 2 February 2003 | – | 48.8 | 29.1 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 19.7 |
Forsa | 31 Jan 2003 | ? | 49 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
Forsa | 20–24 Jan 2003 | 1,012 | 51 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
Forsa | 13–18 Jan 2003 | 1,078 | 50 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
Infratest dimap | 16–19 Jan 2003 | 1,000 | 48 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 13–16 Jan 2003 | 1,036 | 48 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
Forsa | 6–10 Jan 2003 | 1,003 | 48 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
Infratest dimap | 2–7 Jan 2003 | 1,000 | 47 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
Forsa | 27 Dec–3 Jan 2003 | 1,120 | 47 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
Infratest dimap | 2–4 Dec 2002 | 1,000 | 49 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
dimap | 13 May 2002 | ? | 45 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
Forsa | 18 Jan 2001 | ? | 40 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Infratest dimap | 28–31 Jan 2000 | 1,000 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
Ipos | 19–21 Jan 2000 | 1,004 | 33 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
1999 state election | 7 February 1999 | – | 43.4 | 39.4 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Constituency | Party list | Total seats |
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | |||||
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 1,411,800 | 51.99 | 53 | 1,333,863 | 48.77 | ![]() |
3 | 56 | ![]() | ||
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 898,813 | 33.10 | 2 | 795,576 | 29.09 | ![]() |
31 | 33 | ![]() | ||
Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE) | 230,261 | 8.48 | 0 | 276,276 | 10.10 | ![]() |
12 | 12 | ![]() | ||
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 148,632 | 5.47 | 0 | 216,110 | 7.90 | ![]() |
9 | 9 | ![]() | ||
The Republicans (REP) | 7,025 | 0.26 | 0 | 34,563 | 1.26 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Human Environment Animal Protection Party (Tierschutz) | 4,815 | 0.18 | 0 | 20,600 | 0.75 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Airport Expansion Opponents (FAG) | – | 17,736 | 0.65 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (SCHILL) | 3,074 | 0.11 | 0 | 14,545 | 0.53 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Feminist Party of Germany (FRAUEN) | 1,090 | 0.04 | 0 | 7,506 | 0.27 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC) | 1,465 | 0.05 | 0 | 6,674 | 0.24 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
German Communist Party (DKP) | 2,552 | 0.09 | 0 | 5,908 | 0.22 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | 378 | 0.01 | 0 | 2,683 | 0.10 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Civil Rights Movement Soliarity (BüSo) | 873 | 0.03 | 0 | 1,643 | 0.06 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ![]() | ||
Socialist Equality Party (PSG) | – | 1,309 | 0.05 | New | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Socialist Alternative (SAV) | 356 | 0.01 | 0 | – | 0 | New | |||||
Independents | 4,555 | 0.17 | 0 | – | 0 | ![]() | |||||
Total | 2,715,689 | 100.00 | 55 | 2,734,992 | 100.00 | 55 | 110 | ![]() | |||
Invalid | 82,845 | 2.96 | 63,542 | 2.27 | |||||||
Turnout | 2,798,534 | 64.62 | 2,798,534 | 64.62 | ![]() |
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Registered voters | 4,330,792 | 4,330,792 |