1962 Hessian state election

1962 Hessian state election

← 1958 11 November 1962 1966 →
All 96 seats in the Landtag of Hesse 49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,681,995 (77.7% 4.6pp)
First party Second party   Candidate Georg-August Zinn Wilhelm Fay Party SPD CDU Last election 48 seats, 46.9% 32 seats, 32.0% Seats won 51 28 Seat change 3 4 Popular vote 1,340,625 760,435 Percentage 50.8% 28.8% Swing 3.9pp 3.2pp   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Heinrich Kohl Gustav Hacker Party FDP GDP Last election 9 seats, 9.5% 7 seats, 10.9%[a] Seats won 11 6 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 301,783 167,090 Percentage 11.4% 6.3% Swing 1.9pp 4.6pp
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Government before election Third Zinn cabinet SPD–GDP Government after election Fourth Zinn cabinet SPD–GDP

The 1962 Hessian state election was held on 11 November 1962 to elect the 5th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and All-German Party (GDP) led by Minister-President Georg-August Zinn.

The result was a landslide for the SPD, which won an absolute majority of both votes and seats for the first time. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) slid to 29%, while the Free Democratic Party (FDP) recorded small gains. The SPD's coalition partner the GDP, formed by a merger of the GB/BHE and DP the previous year, retained six seats but failed to capture as many votes as the two partners had separately in 1958. Despite its majority, the SPD maintained its coalition with the GDP and continued in office.
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