Hesse territorial elections

The Territory of Hesse holds elections to the Landtag, the local parliament, every four years, as a constituent of the Kingdom of Baden-Württemberg. The Hessian Landtag is the newest in Baden-Württemberg, having been established in 1925 following the official integration of the region into the Confederation as a specially designated "Territory", with no local monarchy. Before 1925 the population only had voting rights in federal elections. Prior to integration the area was officially recognized by Baden-Württemberg as a part of the defunct Grand Duchy of Hesse, which was not admitted into the Confederation at its foundation in 1920 due to opposition from France against the restoration of the Hessian monarchy. This was in large part due to the former territory of the Grand Duchy of Hesse stretching into the occupied Rhineland, which France would later establish the Rhenish Republic within.
Hesse, like the rest of Baden-Württemberg, uses a proportional voting system in which voters choose from a party list, which means seats are usually assigned based primarily on party vote share. Like the federal elections, elections in Hesse are held with universal suffrage. As Hesse does not have its own monarch, the right to dissolve the Landtag and to veto its decisions has been granted to the President of the Confederation, though this right has not been used so far.
==Results==
=== October 27 1925 ===
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	 	 	 	
 	Centre Party of Germany 	84,810 	22.53	18
 	Social Democratic Party of Germany	78,035 	20.73	16
 	Hessian Farmer's Association 	50,178 	13.33	10
 	German People's Party 	46,377 	12.32	10
 	German Democratic Party 	34,594 	9.19 	7
 	German National People's Party 	33,804 	8.98 	7
 	German Fatherland Party 	29,098 	7.73 	6
 	German Völkisch Freedom Party 	18,671 	4.96 	4
 	Independent Worker's Party 	866 	0.23 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	19,358 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	395,791	100 	78
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	427,743	92.53	–
=== October 29 1929 ===
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	 	 	 	
 	Centre Party of Germany 	90,612 	23.29	18
 	German Democratic Party 	80,301 	20.64	16
 	German National People's Party	56,335 	14.48	11
 	German People's Party 	53,456 	13.74	11
 	Hessian Farmer's Association 	51,044 	13.12	10
 	German Fatherland Party 	34,548 	8.88 	7
 	German Völkisch Freedom Party 	22,760 	5.85 	5
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	7,468 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	396,524	100 	78
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	449,217	88.27	–
Category:Regional elections in Baden-Württemberg‏‎