# 2013 Hessian state election

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.

## Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2009 result | 2009 result |
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Volker Bouffier | 37.2% | 46 / 118 |
| | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel | 23.7% | 29 / 118 |
| | FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | Jörg-Uwe Hahn | 16.2% | 20 / 118 |
| | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | Green politics | Tarek Al-Wazir | 13.7% | 17 / 118 |
| | Linke | The Left Die Linke | Democratic socialism | Willi van Ooyen | 5.4% | 6 / 118 |

## Opinion polling

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | FDP | Grüne | Linke | Others | Lead |
| 2013 state election | 22 Sep 2013 | – | 38.3 | 30.7 | 5.0 | 11.1 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 7.6 |
| Infratest dimap | 10–12 Sep 2013 | 1,002 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 6 | 8 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 9–11 Sep 2013 | 1,040 | 38 | 30 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Forsa | 29 Aug 2013 | 2,012 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 4 | ? | 11 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 19–26 Aug 2013 | 1,040 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 15–18 Aug 2013 | 1,000 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Forsa | 1–10 Jul 2013 | 1,134 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 26 Jun–1 Jul 2013 | 1,018 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| dimap | 7–15 May 2013 | 1,004 | 39 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 10–16 Apr 2013 | 1,010 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 16 | 4 | ? | 3 |
| Infratest dimap | 28 Nov–3 Dec 2012 | 1,000 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Infratest dimap | 11–16 Jan 2012 | 1,000 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 5–7 Dec 2011 | 1,008 | 33 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Infratest dimap | 1–6 Dec 2011 | 1,000 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 8–11 Nov 2010 | 1,002 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 2009 state election | 18 Jan 2009 | – | 37.2 | 23.7 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 13.5 |

## Election result

Summary of the 22 September 2013 election results for the Landtag of Hesse :
| Party | Party | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Party list | Party list | Party list | Party list | Total seats | +/- |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | Total seats | +/- |
| | Christian Democratic Union | 1,329,746 | 42.72 | 41 | 1,199,633 | 38.32 | +1.13 | 6 | 47 | 1 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 1,092,125 | 35.09 | 14 | 961,896 | 30.72 | +7.01 | 23 | 37 | 8 |
| | Alliance 90/The Greens | 289,830 | 9.31 | 0 | 348,661 | 11.14 | +2.60 | 14 | 14 | 3 |
| | The Left | 160,531 | 5.16 | 0 | 161,488 | 5.16 | -0.21 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| | Free Democratic Party | 93,098 | 2.99 | 0 | 157,451 | 5.03 | -11.19 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| | Alternative for Germany | 42,721 | 1.37 | 0 | 126,906 | 4.05 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Pirate Party | 62,986 | 2.02 | 0 | 60,159 | 1.92 | +1.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Free Voters | 35,136 | 1.13 | 0 | 38,433 | 1.23 | -0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Party | – | – | – | 33,433 | 1.07 | +0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Die PARTEI | 1,786 | 0.06 | 0 | 15,109 | 0.48 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | The Republicans | 1,930 | 0.06 | 0 | 9,360 | 0.30 | -0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Active Democracy Direct | – | – | – | 4,498 | 0.14 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Ecological Democratic Party | – | – | – | 4,024 | 0.13 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Alliance Grey Panthers | 606 | 0.02 | 0 | 2,456 | 0.08 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Motorists' Interest Party | – | – | – | 2,453 | 0.08 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Noise Pollution, Environment, Politics | 751 | 0.02 | | 1,998 | 0.06 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Solidarity Movement | 261 | 0.01 | 0 | 1,422 | 0.05 | -0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Socialist Equality Party | 62 | 0.00 | 0 | 1,311 | 0.04 | New | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Renew Democracy | 387 | 0.01 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | New |
| | Anarchist Pogo Party | 306 | 0.01 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | New |
| | The Right | 300 | 0.01 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | New |
| | Ecological Left | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 3,112,596 | 100.00 | 55 | 2,130,781 | 100.00 | | 55 | 110 | 8 |
| Invalid | Invalid | 103,610 | 3.22 | | 85,425 | 2.66 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | 3,216,206 | 73.23 | | 3,216,206 | 73.23 | +12.19 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 4,392,213 | | | 4,392,213 | | | | | |