1999 Hessian state election

1999 Hesse state election

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All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,800,371 (66.4%) 0.1%
First party Second party   Leader Roland Koch Hans Eichel Party CDU SPD Last election 45 seats, 39.2% 44 seats, 38.0% Seats won 50 46 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 1,215,783 1,102,544 Percentage 43.4% 39.4% Swing 4.2% 1.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Evelin Schönhut-Keil Tarek Al-Wazir Ruth Wagner Party Greens FDP Last election 13 seats, 11.2% 8 seats, 7.4% Seats won 8 6 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 201,194 142,845 Percentage 7.2% 5.1% Swing 4.0% 2.3%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election Hans Eichel SPD Elected Minister-President Roland Koch CDU

The 1999 Hessian state election was held on 7 February 1999 to elect the members of the 15th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Hans Eichel.

The government was unexpectedly defeated, with the opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) winning a comfortable plurality and forming a one-seat majority coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). This was despite prior opinion polling indicating the SPD and Greens would be re-elected comfortably and increase their majority. CDU leader Roland Koch was elected Minister-President by the Landtag in early April.