| Election Name: | 2013 Hesse state election |
| Country: | Hesse |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Hessian state election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Hessian state election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse |
| Majority Seats: | 56 |
| Election Date: | 22 September 2013 |
| Turnout: | 3,130,871 (73.2%) 12.2% |
| Leader1: | Volker Bouffier |
| Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 46 seats, 37.2% |
| Seats1: | 47 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,199,633 |
| Percentage1: | 38.3% |
| Swing1: | 1.1% |
| Leader2: | Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election2: | 29 seats, 23.7% |
| Seats2: | 37 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 961,311 |
| Percentage2: | 30.7% |
| Swing2: | 7.0% |
| Leader3: | Tarek Al-Wazir |
| Party3: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Last Election3: | 17 seats, 13.7% |
| Seats3: | 14 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 348,661 |
| Percentage3: | 11.1% |
| Swing3: | 2.6% |
| Leader4: | Willi van Ooyen |
| Party4: | The Left (Germany) |
| Last Election4: | 6 seats, 5.4% |
| Seats4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 161,488 |
| Percentage4: | 5.2% |
| Swing4: | 0.2% |
| Leader5: | Jörg-Uwe Hahn |
| Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Last Election5: | 20 seats, 16.2% |
| Seats5: | 6 |
| Seat Change5: | 14 |
| Popular Vote5: | 157,451 |
| Percentage5: | 5.0% |
| Swing5: | 11.2% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Volker Bouffier |
| Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
| After Election: | Volker Bouffier |
| After Party: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
The 2013 Hessian state election was held on 22 September 2013 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The election was held on the same day as the 2013 federal election. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Volker Bouffier was defeated. The FDP suffered major losses, exceeding the 5% electoral threshold by under 1,000 votes. After the election, the CDU formed a coalition with The Greens, and Bouffier continued in office.[1]
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2009 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Volker Bouffier | 37.2% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel | 23.7% | |||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | Jörg-Uwe Hahn | 16.2% | |||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | Tarek Al-Wazir | 13.7% | |||
| bgcolor= | Linke | The Left | Democratic socialism | Willi van Ooyen | 5.4% | |||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | FDP | Grüne | Linke | Others | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 state election | data-sort-value="2013-09-22" | 22 Sep 2013 | – | 38.3 | 30.7 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 7.6 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2013-09-12" | 10–12 Sep 2013 | 1,002 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 8 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2013-09-12" | 9–11 Sep 2013 | 1,040 | 38 | 30 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2013-09-03" | 29 Aug 2013 | 2,012 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 4 | ? | 11 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2013-08-28" | 19–26 Aug 2013 | 1,040 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2013-08-21" | 15–18 Aug 2013 | 1,000 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2013-07-17" | 1–10 Jul 2013 | 1,134 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2013-07-03" | 26 Jun–1 Jul 2013 | 1,018 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| dimap | data-sort-value="2013-05-21" | 7–15 May 2013 | 1,004 | 39 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2013-04-17" | 10–16 Apr 2013 | 1,010 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 16 | 4 | ? | 3 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2012-12-05" | 28 Nov–3 Dec 2012 | 1,000 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2012-01-18" | 11–16 Jan 2012 | 1,000 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2011-12-09" | 5–7 Dec 2011 | 1,008 | 33 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2011-12-08" | 1–6 Dec 2011 | 1,000 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 4 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2010-11-13" | 8–11 Nov 2010 | 1,002 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2009 state election | data-sort-value="2009-01-18" | 18 Jan 2009 | – | 37.2 | 23.7 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 13.5 |
|-! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party! colspan=3| Constituency! colspan=4| Party list! rowspan=2| Total
seats! rowspan=2| +/-|-! Votes! %! Seats ! Votes! %! +/-! Seats|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| 1,329,746| 42.72| 41| 1,199,633| 38.32| 1.13| 6| 47| 1|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)| 1,092,125| 35.09| 14| 961,896| 30.72| 7.01| 23| 37| 8|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE)| 289,830| 9.31| 0| 348,661| 11.14| 2.60| 14| 14| 3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (DIE LINKE)| 160,531| 5.16| 0| 161,488| 5.16| 0.21| 6| 6| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)| 93,098| 2.99| 0| 157,451| 5.03| 11.19| 6| 6| 14|-! colspan="11" ||-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD)| 42,721| 1.37| 0| 126,906| 4.05| New| 0| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Pirate Party (PIRATEN)| 62,986| 2.02| 0| 60,159| 1.92| 1.39| 0| 0| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Voters (FW)| 35,136| 1.13| 0| 38,433| 1.23| 0.40| 0| 0| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| National Democratic Party (NPD)| colspan=3| –| 33,433| 1.07| 0.21| 0| 0| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Die PARTEI| 1,786| 0.06| 0| 15,109| 0.48| New| 0| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| The Republicans (REP)| 1,930| 0.06| 0| 9,360| 0.30| 0.31| 0| 0| 0|-| | align=left| Active Democracy Direct (ADD)| colspan=3| –| 4,498| 0.14| New| 0| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)| colspan=3| –| 4,024| 0.13| New| 0| 0| New|-| | align=left| Alliance Grey Panthers (AGP)| 606| 0.02| 0| 2,456| 0.08| New| 0| 0| New|-| | align=left| Motorists' and People's Interest Party (AVIP)| colspan=3| –| 2,453| 0.08| New| 0| 0| New|-| | align=left| Noise Pollution, Environment, Politics, Honest (LUPe)| 751| 0.02| | 1,998| 0.06| New| 0| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Civil Rights Movement Soliarity (BüSo)| 261| 0.01| 0| 1,422| 0.05| 0.11| 0| 0| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Socialist Equality Party (PSG)| 62| 0.00| 0| 1,311| 0.04| New| 0| 0| New|-| | align=left| Renew Democracy| 387| 0.01| 0| colspan=4| –| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (APPD)| 306| 0.01| 0| colspan=4| –| 0| New|-| bgcolor=| | align=left| The Right (DIE RECHTE)| 300| 0.01| 0| colspan=4| –| 0| New|-| | align=left| Ecological Left (ÖkoLinX)| 34| 0.00| 0| colspan=4| –| 0| New|-! colspan=2| Total! 3,112,596! 100.00! 55! 2,130,781! 100.00! ! 55! 110! 8|-| colspan=2 align=center| Invalid| 103,610| 3.22| | 85,425| 2.66| colspan=4| |-! colspan=2| Turnout! 3,216,206! 73.23! ! 3,216,206! 73.23! 12.19! colspan=4| |-| colspan=2 align=center| Registered voters| 4,392,213| colspan=2| | 4,392,213| colspan=5| |}