The 1991 Hessian state election was held on 20 January 1991 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Walter Wallmann.
The opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) became the most popular party on a small swing, tying with the CDU in terms of seats. The incumbent government narrowly lost its majority, ceding two seats to the SPD. The Greens finished narrowly ahead of the FDP and subsequently formed a coalition government with the SPD. Hans Eichel became Minister-President at the start of April.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1987 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Walter Wallmann 42.1% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Hans Eichel 40.2% Grüne The Greens Green politics Iris BlaulJoschka Fischer 9.4% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Wolfgang Gerhardt 7.8%
Election result Party Constituency Party list Totalseats +/- Votes % Seats Votes % +/- Seats Social Democratic Party 1,289,735 43.58 31 1,214,909 40.84 +0.64 15 46 +2 Christian Democratic Union 1,246,046 42.10 24 1,195,965 40.20 -1.91 22 46 1 The Greens 212,795 7.19 0 262,161 8.81 -0.59 10 10 0 Free Democratic Party 185,413 6.27 0 220,115 7.40 -0.42 8 8 1 The Republicans 8,644 0.29 0 49,320 1.66 New 0 0 New The Grays – Gray Panthers 9,273 0.31 0 16,521 0.56 New 0 0 New Ecological Democratic Party 4,652 0.16 0 8,772 0.29 +0.16 0 0 0 Party of Bible-abiding Christians 137 0.00 0 7,109 0.24 New 0 0 New Total 2,959,469 100.00 55 2,974,872 100.00 55 110 0 Invalid 69,471 2.29 54,068 1.79 Turnout 3,028,940 70.80 3,028,940 70.80 -9.50 Registered voters 4,278,151 4,278,151
Sources Landtagswahlen in Hessen 1946 — 2009