1991 Hessian state election

1991 Hesse state election

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All 110 seats of the Landtag of Hesse 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	2,974,872 (70.8%) 9.5%
First party Second party   Leader Hans Eichel Walter Wallmann Party SPD CDU Last election 44 seats, 40.2% 47 seats, 42.1% Seats won 46 46 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 1,213,909 1,195,965 Percentage 40.8% 40.2% Swing 0.6% 1.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Iris Blaul Joschka Fischer Wolfgang Gerhardt Party Greens FDP Last election 10 seats, 9.4% 9 seats, 7.8% Seats won 10 8 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 262,161 220,115 Percentage 8.8% 7.4% Swing 0.6% 0.4%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election Walter Wallmann CDU Elected Minister-President Hans Eichel SPD

The 1991 Hessian state election was held on 20 January 1991 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Walter Wallmann.

The opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) became the most popular party on a small swing, tying with the CDU in terms of seats. The incumbent government narrowly lost its majority, ceding two seats to the SPD. The Greens finished narrowly ahead of the FDP and subsequently formed a coalition government with the SPD. Hans Eichel became Minister-President at the start of April.