1999 Hessian state election

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.

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer