December 1946 Hessian state election

December 1946 Hessian state election
← Jun. 1946 1 December 1946 1950 →
All 90 seats in the Landtag of Hesse
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,741,416 (73.2% Increase 2.2pp)
  First party Second party
 
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Candidate Christian Stock Werner Hilpert
Party SPD CDU
Last election 42 seats, 44.3% 35 seats, 37.3%
Seats won 38 28
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 7
Popular vote 687,431 498,158
Percentage 42.7% 31.0%
Swing Decrease 1.5pp Decrease 6.3pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
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Candidate August-Martin Euler Oskar Müller
Party LDP KPD
Last election 6 seats, 8.1% 7 seats, 9.8%
Seats won 14 10
Seat change Increase 8 Increase 3
Popular vote 252,207 171,592
Percentage 15.7% 10.7%
Swing Increase 7.6pp Increase 0.9pp
Results of the election.
Government before election

Geiler cabinet
SPD–CDU–KPD–LDP

Government after election

Stock cabinet
SPD–CDU

The December 1946 Hessian state election was held on 1 December 1946 to elect the 1st Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was an all-party coalition led by Minister-President Karl Geiler.

Compared to the elections for the Constituent Assembly held at the end of June, both the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declined, while the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) particularly improved. The SPD remained the largest party with 43%, followed by the CDU on 31%, LDP on 16%, and Communist Party (KPD) on 11%. The SPD subsequently formed a grand coalition with the CDU, led by Minister-President Christian Stock.