1954 Hessian state election

1954 Hessian state election

← 1950 28 November 1954 1958 →
All 96 seats in the Landtag of Hesse 49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,559,409 (82.4% 17.5pp)
First party Second party   Candidate Georg-August Zinn Wilhelm Fay Party SPD CDU Last election 47 seats, 44.4% 12 seats, 18.8% Seats won 44 24 Seat change 3 12 Popular vote 1,065,733 603,691 Percentage 42.6% 24.1% Swing 1.8pp 5.3pp   Third party Fourth party   Candidate August-Martin Euler Gotthard Franke Party FDP GB/BHE Last election [a] [b] Seats won 21 7 Seat change 8 1 Popular vote 513,421 192,390 Percentage 20.5% 7.7% Swing New New
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Government before election First Zinn cabinet SPD Government after election Second Zinn cabinet SPD–GB/BHE

The 1954 Hessian state election was held on 28 November 1954 to elect the 3rd Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a majority of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Georg-August Zinn.

The election saw the Free Democratic Party (FDP) displaced as the main opposition party by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The All-German Bloc/League of Expellees (GB/BHE), which in 1950 ran in alliance with the FDP, won 8%. Modifications to the electoral system saw the SPD deprived of its majority despite only minor losses, and the party formed a coalition with the GB/HBE.
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