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2009 Hessian state election

State election in Hesse, Germany

Field	Value
election_name	2009 Hesse state election
country	Hesse
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 Hessian state election
previous_year	2008
next_election	2013 Hessian state election
next_year	2013
seats_for_election	All 118 seats of the Landtag of Hesse
majority_seats	60
election_date	18 January 2009
turnout	2,591,872 (61.0%)
3.3%
image1	[[File:RKoch.jpg	103px]]
leader1	Roland Koch
party1	Christian Democratic Union of Germany
last_election1	42 seats, 36.8%
seats1	46
seat_change1	4
popular_vote1	963,763
percentage1	37.2%
swing1	0.4%
image2	[[File:0128R-SPD, Thorsten Schaefer-Guembel.jpg	115px]]
leader2	Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
party2	Social Democratic Party of Germany
last_election2	42 seats, 36.7%
seats2	29
seat_change2	13
popular_vote2	614,648
percentage2	23.7%
swing2	13.0%
image3	[[File:2013-02-27 Jörg-Uwe Hahn - 3098.JPG	115px]]
leader3	Jörg-Uwe Hahn
party3	Free Democratic Party (Germany)
last_election3	11 seats, 9.4%
seats3	20
seat_change3	9
popular_vote3	420,426
percentage3	16.2%
swing3	6.8%
image4	[[File:Tarek Al-Wazir (Martin Rulsch) 2013-02-28 1.jpg	119px]]
leader4	Tarek Al-Wazir
party4	Alliance 90/The Greens
last_election4	9 seats, 7.5%
seats4	17
seat_change4	8
popular_vote4	356,040
percentage4	13.7%
swing4	6.2%
image5	[[File:0180R-Die Linke, Willi van Ooyen.jpg	115px]]
leader5	Willi van Ooyen
party5	The Left (Germany)
last_election5	6 seats, 5.1%
seats5	6
seat_change5	0
popular_vote5	139,074
percentage5	5.4%
swing5	0.3%
map_image	2009 Hessian state election.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	Results for the single-member constituencies.
title	Minister-President
before_election	Roland Koch
before_party	Christian Democratic Union of Germany
after_election	Roland Koch
after_party	Christian Democratic Union of Germany

3.3%

The 2009 Hessian state election was held on 18 January 2009 to elect the members of the Landtag of Hesse. The election was called after the failure of all government formation attempts conducted after the 2008 state election held a year earlier. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) suffered major losses, falling from an effective tie with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to a 13.5-point deficit. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens were the primary beneficiaries of the SPD's decline. After the election, the CDU formed a coalition government with the FDP, and Roland Koch was elected Minister-President.

Background

The result of the 2008 Hessian state election was inconclusive, as neither the CDU–FDP or SPD–Green blocs had won a majority. This was due to the entry of The Left into the Landtag, with which the SPD was unwilling to cooperate, though both The Left and Greens supported a red-red-green coalition between the three parties. While a grand coalition between the CDU and SPD would command a comfortable majority, this option was very unpopular and was rejected by the SPD.{{ Cite web | access-date=2023-10-14 | archive-date=2016-03-13 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313215428/http://www.webnews.de/119321/ypsilanti-strikt-grosse-koalition-in-hessen | url-status=dead

In October 2008, SPD leader Andrea Ypsilanti attempted to negotiate a red-red-green coalition, reneging on a pledge made earlier in the year not to do so. This caused a revolt within the Hessian SPD, resulting in Ypsilanti being deposed and the new leadership under Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel seeking fresh elections.

CDU leader Roland Koch had served as Minister-President prior to the 2008 election, and continued in office in a caretaker capacity between the 2008 and 2009 elections. He could not be unseated due to the inability of the SPD to form a new government; in Hesse, the motion to remove a serving government simultaneously invests confidence in a proposed new government, and requires an absolute majority to pass.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse.

Name	Ideology	Leader(s)	2008 result
Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}		CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Roland Koch	36.8%
Social Democratic Party of Germany}}		SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel	36.7%
Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}		FDP	Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism	Jörg-Uwe Hahn	9.4%
Alliance 90/The Greens}}		Grüne	Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Green politics	Tarek Al-Wazir	7.5%
The Left (Germany)}}		Linke	The Left
Die Linke	Democratic socialism	Willi van Ooyen	5.1%

Opinion polling

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample
size	CDU	SPD	FDP	Grüne	Linke	Others	Lead	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};"		Social Democratic Party of Germany}};"	Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};"	Alliance 90/The Greens}};"	The Left (Germany)}};"
[2009 state election](http://www.wahlrecht.de/news/2009/he-2009.htm)	18 January 2009	–	37.2	23.7	16.2	13.7	5.4	3.8	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	13.5
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	6–9 Jan 2009	1,007	41	24	15	13	4	3	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	17
[Forschungsgruppe Wahlen](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	6–8 Jan 2009	1,072	41	25	13	13	5	3	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	16
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	5–7 Jan 2009	1,000	42	24	13	13	5	3	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	18
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	15–17 Dec 2008	1,004	41	25	13	13	5	3	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	16
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	8–12 Dec 2008	1,005	42	23	13	12	6	4	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	19
[Forschungsgruppe Wahlen](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	1–4 Dec 2008	1,145	41	26	12	12	5	4	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	15
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	28 Nov–3 Dec 2008	500	43	24	13	11	5	4	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	19
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	28 Nov–2 Dec 2008	1,000	41	23	13	14	6	3	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	18
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	4–5 Nov 2008	1,000	41	27	11	12	5	4	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	14
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	1–3 Sep 2008	1,000	39	28	12	11	7	3	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	11
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	19–22 Aug 2008	1,001	28	26	12	11	8	5	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	12
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	23 May–3 Jun 2008	1,005	40	27	11	9	8	5	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	13
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	17 Mar–4 Apr 2008	1,007	40	28	10	9	8	5	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	12
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	6 Apr 2008	?	37	30	12	10	6	?	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	7
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/hessen.htm)	21 Feb–5 Mar 2008	1,000	37	35	9	7	7	?	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	2
[2008 state election](http://www.wahlrecht.de/news/2008/he-2008.htm)	27 January 2008	–	36.8	36.7	9.4	7.5	5.1	4.4	Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"	0.1

Election result

|- ! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party ! colspan=3| Constituency ! colspan=4| Party list ! rowspan=2| Total seats ! rowspan=2| +/- |- ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats |- | 1,083,174 | 41.98 | 46 | 963,763 | 37.18 | +0.37 | 0 | 46

+4
767,068
29.73
9
614,648
23.71
-12.97
20
29
-13
-
304,755
11.81
0
420,426
16.22
+6.79
20
20
+9
-
274,492
10.64
0
356,040
13.74
+6.20
17
17
+8
-
117,330
4.55
0
139,074
5.37
+0.23
6
6
0
-
3,997
0.15
0
42,153
1.63
+0.74
0
0
0
-
18,898
0.73
0
22,172
0.86
-0.02
0
0
0
-
7,685
0.30
0
15,664
0.60
-0.41
0
0
0
-
13,796
0.53
+0.28
0
0
0
-
962
0.04
0
4,136
0.16
+0.12
0
0
0
-
2,093
0.08
0
0
0
- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=2
! 2,580,424
! 100.00
! 55
! 2,591,872
! 100.00
!
! 63
! 118
! +8
-
89,961
3.37

| | 78,513

2.94
! colspan=2
! 2,670,385
! 61.03
!
! 2,670,385
! 61.03
! -3.29
! colspan=4
-
4,375,286
4,375,286
}

References

"Rot-Rot-Grün auf die Dauer nicht ausgeschlossen - Politik - DerWesten".
(2008-12-04). "Umfrage in Hessen zeigt erdrutschartige Verluste für SPD". Reuters.

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