2003 Hessian state election

2003 Hesse state election

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All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,734,992 (64.6%) 1.8%
First party Second party   Leader Roland Koch Gerhard Bökel Party CDU SPD Last election 50 seats, 43.4% 46 seats, 39.4% Seats won 56 33 Seat change 6 13 Popular vote 1,333,863 795,576 Percentage 48.8% 29.1% Swing 5.4% 10.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Evelin Schönhut-Keil Tarek Al-Wazir Ruth Wagner Party Greens FDP Last election 8 seats, 7.2% 6 seats, 5.1% Seats won 12 9 Seat change 4 3 Popular vote 276,276 216,110 Percentage 10.1% 7.9% Swing 2.9% 2.8%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election Roland Koch CDU Elected Minister-President Roland Koch CDU

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

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

Opinion polling

Election result

Summary of the 2 February 2003 election results for the Landtag of Hesse

Party		Constituency			Party list				Total seats	+/-
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	+/-	Seats
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,411,800	51.99	53	1,333,863	48.77	5.36	3	56	6
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	898,813	33.10	2	795,576	29.09	10.28	31	33	13
	Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE)	230,261	8.48	0	276,276	10.10	2.92	12	12	4
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	148,632	5.47	0	216,110	7.90	2.80	9	9	3
	The Republicans (REP)	7,025	0.26	0	34,563	1.26	1.42	0	0	0
	Human Environment Animal Protection (Tierschutz)	4,815	0.18	0	20,600	0.75	0.29	0	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	0.04	0	0	0
	Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC)	1,465	0.05	0	6,674	0.24	0.07	0	0	0
	German Communist Party (DKP)	2,552	0.09	0	5,908	0.22	0.08	0	0	0
	Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)	378	0.01	0	2,683	0.10	0.02	0	0	0
	Civil Rights Movement Soliarity (BüSo)	873	0.03	0	1,643	0.06	0.04	0	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	0
Total		2,715,689	100.00	55	2,734,992	100.00		55	110	0
Invalid		82,845	2.96		63,542	2.27
Turnout		2,798,534	64.62		2,798,534	64.62	1.83
Registered voters		4,330,792			4,330,792

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer

This page was last edited on 14 October 2023, at 06:55