2009 Hessian state election

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.

2009 Hesse state election
18 January 2009
All 118 seats of the Landtag of Hesse
60 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,591,872 (61.0%)
3.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Roland Koch Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Jörg-Uwe Hahn
Party CDU SPD FDP
Last election 42 seats, 36.8% 42 seats, 36.7% 11 seats, 9.4%
Seats won 46 29 20
Seat change 4 13 9
Popular vote 963,763 614,648 420,426
Percentage 37.2% 23.7% 16.2%
Swing 0.4% 13.0% 6.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Tarek Al-Wazir Willi van Ooyen
Party Greens Left
Last election 9 seats, 7.5% 6 seats, 5.1%
Seats won 17 6
Seat change 8 0
Popular vote 356,040 139,074
Percentage 13.7% 5.4%
Swing 6.2% 0.3%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Roland Koch
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Roland Koch
CDU

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