Politics of Hesse

The politics of Hesse takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Hesse. The state has a multi-party system where, as in most other states of former Western Germany and the federal level, the three main parties are the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Governments of Hesse

The governments and ministers-President (Ministerpräsidenten) of the People's State of Hesse during the time of the Weimar Republic were:

  1. 1919–1928: Center-right government, an SPD–DDP–Zentrum coalition led by Carl Ulrich (SPD) as minister-president
  2. 1928–1933: Center-right government, an SPD–DDP–Zentrum coalition led by Bernhard Adelung (SPD) as minister-president

The governments of the National Socialist era:

  1. 1933: National Socialist government with Ferdinand Werner (NSDAP) as minister-president
  2. 1933–1935: National Socialist government with Philipp Wilhelm Jung (NSDAP) as minister-president
  3. 1935–1945: National Socialist government with Jakob Sprenger (NSDAP) as minister-president

The governments and minister-Presidents of Hesse since the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany:

  1. 1945: Military occupation provisional government led by Ludwig Bergsträsser(SPD), appointed by the U.S. Military
  2. 1945–1946: Military occupation provisional government led by Karl Geiler (no party), appointed by the U.S. military
  3. 1946–1950: Theoretically a CDU–SPD grand coalition with Christian Stock (SPD) as minister-president, though U.S. Military Occupation remained through 1949.
  4. 1950–1969: First truly non-military government of the Federal Republic, led by Georg-August Zinn (SPD), whose SPD ruled in coalition with the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights, a party of expelled eastern Germans whose political goal was to retrieve their homelands (heimatlaender); and also with the League of Expellees' successors party the Gesamtdeutsche Partei.
  5. 1969–1976: Center-left government of the SPD-FDP, with Albert Osswald (SPD) as minister-president
  6. 1976–1982: Center-left government of the SPD-FDP continued with Holger Börner (SPD) as minister-president.
  7. 1982–1984: Center-left government of the SPD (single party rule) with Holger Börner (SPD) as minister-president.
  8. 1984–1987: Center-left government of the SPD–Greens with Holger Börner (SPD) as minister-president.
  9. 1987–1991: Center-right government of the CDU–FDP with Walter Wallmann (CDU) as minister-president.
  10. 1991–1999: Center-left government of the SPD–Greens with Hans Eichel (SPD) as minister-president.
  11. 1999–2003: Center-right government of the CDU–FDP with Roland Koch (CDU) as minister-president.
  12. 2003–2009: Center-right government of the CDU (single party rule) with Roland Koch (CDU) as minister-president.
  13. 2009–2010: Center-right government of the CDU-FDP with Roland Koch (CDU) as minister-president.
  14. 2010–2014: Center-right government of the CDU–FDP with Volker Bouffier (CDU) as minister-president.
  15. 2014–2019: Center-right government of the CDU–Greens with Volker Bouffier (CDU) as minister-president.
  16. 2019–2022: Center-right government of the CDU–Greens with Volker Bouffier (CDU) as minister-president. Bouffier resigned in 2022, thus prematurely ending his third term serving as minister-president.
  17. 2022–present: Center-right government of the CDU–Greens with Boris Rhein (CDU) as minister-president.[1]

Since 1950, the SPD has been in the Hesse government 45 years, the CDU for 28 years; the FDP acted as coalition partners with either CDU or SPD for 21 years (13 with SPD, 8 with CDU).

Landtag of Hesse

Party strength in the Landtag

Election year Total
seats		 Seats won [2]
SPD CDU FDP GB/BHE Grüne Linke AfD Other
Dec 1946 90 38 28 14 10 [a]
1950 80 47 12 21 A90
1954 96 44 24 21 7
1958 96 48 32 9 7
1962 96 51 28 11 6
1966 96 52 26 10 8 [b]
1970 110 53 46 11
1974 110 49 53 8
1978 110 50 53 7
1982 110 49 52 9
1983 110 51 44 8 7
1987 110 44 47 9 10
1991 110 46 46 8 10
1995 110 44 45 8 13
1999 110 46 50 6 8
2003 110 33 56 9 12
2008 110 42 42 11 9 6
2009 118 29 46 20 17 6
2013 110 37 47 6 14 6
2018 137 29 40 11 29 9 19
2023 133 23 52 8 22 28

Legislative compositions

State election results maps

Constituencies in the Landtag

  • Kassel-Land I (01)
  • Kassel-Land II (02)
  • Kassel-Stadt I (03)
  • Kassel-Stadt II (04)
  • Waldeck-Frankenberg I (05)
  • Waldeck-Frankenberg II (06)
  • Schwalm-Eder I (07)
  • Schwalm-Eder II (08)
  • Eschwege-Witzenhausen (09)
  • Rotenburg (10)
  • Hersfeld (11)
  • Marburg-Biedenkopf I (12)
  • Marburg-Biedenkopf II (13)
  • Fulda I (14)
  • Fulda II (15)
  • Lahn-Dill I (16)
  • Lahn-Dill II (17)
  • Gießen I (18)
  • Gießen II (19)
  • Vogelsberg (20)
  • Limburg-Weilburg I (21)
  • Limburg-Weilburg II (22)
  • Hochtaunus I (23)
  • Hochtaunus II (24)
  • Wetterau I (25)
  • Wetterau II (26)
  • Wetterau III (27)
  • Rheingau-Taunus I (28)
  • Rheingau-Taunus II (29)
  • Wiesbaden I (30)
  • Wiesbaden II (31)
  • Main-Taunus I (32)
  • Main-Taunus II (33)
  • Frankfurt am Main I (34)
  • Frankfurt am Main II (35)
  • Frankfurt am Main III (36)
  • Frankfurt am Main IV (37)
  • Frankfurt am Main V (38)
  • Frankfurt am Main VI (39)
  • Main-Kinzig I (40)
  • Main-Kinzig II (41)
  • Main-Kinzig III (42)
  • Offenbach-Stadt (43)
  • Offenbach Land I (44)
  • Offenbach Land II (45)
  • Offenbach Land III (46)
  • Groß-Gerau I (47)
  • Groß-Gerau II (48)
  • Darmstadt-Stadt I (49)
  • Darmstadt-Stadt II (50)
  • Darmstadt-Dieburg I (51)
  • Darmstadt-Dieburg II (52)
  • Odenwald (53)
  • Bergstraße I (54)
  • Bergstraße II (55)

Constituencies in the Bundestag

NoConstituencyMember 2021Voters20172013200920052002199819941990
166 Waldeck Esther Dilcher SPD 184,073 SPD CDU SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
167 Kassel Timon Gremmels SPD 218,474 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
168 Werra-Meißner – Hersfeld-Rotenburg Michael Roth SPD 171,886 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD Created for 2002 election
169 Schwalm-Eder Edgar Franke SPD 185,944 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
170 Marburg Sören Bartol SPD 181,588 SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD CDU
171 Lahn-Dill Dagmar Schmidt SPD 206,532 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
172 Gießen Felix Döring SPD 217,514 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD
173 Fulda Michael Brand CDU 208,542 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU
174 Main-Kinzig – Wetterau II – Schotten Bettina Müller SPD 178,307 CDU CDU Created for 2013 election
175 Hochtaunus Markus Koob CDU 179,842 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU
176 Wetterau I Natalie Pawlik SPD 176,897 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU CDU
177 Rheingau-Taunus – Limburg Klaus-Peter Willsch CDU 220,466 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU
178 Wiesbaden Ingmar Jung CDU 186,735 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU CDU
179 Hanau Lennard Oehl SPD 176,271 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU CDU
180 Main-Taunus Norbert Altenkamp CDU 195,514 CDU CDU CDU CDU CDU Created for 2002 election
181 Frankfurt am Main I Armand Zorn SPD 201,216 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD CDU CDU CDU
182 Frankfurt am Main II Omid Nouripour Grüne 227,207 CDU CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD CDU CDU
183 Groß-Gerau Melanie Wegling SPD 174,082 CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD SPD CDU SPD
184 Offenbach Björn Simon CDU 219,511 CDU CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD CDU CDU
185 Darmstadt Andreas Larem SPD 240,763 CDU SPD SPD SPD SPD CDU SPD
186 Odenwald Jens Zimmermann SPD 233,901 CDU CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD CDU CDU
187 Bergstraße Michael Meister CDU 197,782 CDU CDU CDU CDU SPD SPD CDU CDU

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Landtag – Wechsel an Regierungsspitze: Boris Rhein Ministerpräsident". www.zeit.de. 31 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Landtagswahlen | Hessischer Landtag".


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