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

• The Federal Returning Officer