Hessian state election, 1999

The Hesse state election, 1999, was conducted on February 7, 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

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