Английская Википедия: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.
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.[1]
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.[2] This caused an revolt within the Hessian SPD, resulting in Ypsilanti being deposed and the new leadership under Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel seeking fresh elections.[3]
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color | | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Шаблон:Small |
Christian democracy | Roland Koch | 36.8% | Шаблон:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color | | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Шаблон:Small |
Social democracy | Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel | 36.7% | Шаблон:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color | | FDP | Free Democratic Party Шаблон:Small |
Classical liberalism | Jörg-Uwe Hahn | 9.4% | Шаблон:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color | | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Шаблон:Small |
Green politics | Tarek Al-Wazir | 7.5% | Шаблон:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color | | Linke | The Left Шаблон:Small |
Democratic socialism | Willi van Ooyen | 5.1% | Шаблон:Composition bar |
Opinion polling
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | FDP | Grüne | Linke | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;"| | |||||
| 2009 state election | 18 January 2009 | – | 37.2 | 23.7 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 5.4 | 3.8 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13.5 |
| Forsa | 6–9 Jan 2009 | 1,007 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 17 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 6–8 Jan 2009 | 1,072 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 16 |
| Infratest dimap | 5–7 Jan 2009 | 1,000 | 42 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 18 |
| GMS | 15–17 Dec 2008 | 1,004 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 16 |
| Forsa | 8–12 Dec 2008 | 1,005 | 42 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 1–4 Dec 2008 | 1,145 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 15 |
| Emnid | 28 Nov–3 Dec 2008 | 500 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19 |
| Infratest dimap | 28 Nov–2 Dec 2008 | 1,000 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 18 |
| Infratest dimap | 4–5 Nov 2008 | 1,000 | 41 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 14 |
| Infratest dimap | 1–3 Sep 2008 | 1,000 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11 |
| Forsa | 19–22 Aug 2008 | 1,001 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12 |
| Forsa | 23 May–3 Jun 2008 | 1,005 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13 |
| Forsa | 17 Mar–4 Apr 2008 | 1,007 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12 |
| Emnid | 6 Apr 2008 | ? | 37 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 6 | ? | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7 |
| Emnid | 21 Feb–5 Mar 2008 | 1,000 | 37 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 7 | ? | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2 |
| 2008 state election | 27 January 2008 | – | 36.8 | 36.7 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 4.4 | style="background:Шаблон:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 0.1 |
Election result
Шаблон:Election table
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Party
! colspan=3| Constituency
! colspan=4| Party list
! rowspan=2| Total
seats
! rowspan=2| +/-
|-
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| 1,083,174
| 41.98
| 46
| 963,763
| 37.18
| Шаблон:Increase 0.37
| 0
| 46
| Шаблон:Increase 4
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)
| 767,068
| 29.73
| 9
| 614,648
| 23.71
| Шаблон:Decrease 12.97
| 20
| 29
| Шаблон:Decrease 13
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| 304,755
| 11.81
| 0
| 420,426
| 16.22
| Шаблон:Increase 6.79
| 20
| 20
| Шаблон:Increase 9
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE)
| 274,492
| 10.64
| 0
| 356,040
| 13.74
| Шаблон:Increase 6.20
| 17
| 17
| Шаблон:Increase 8
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| The Left (DIE LINKE)
| 117,330
| 4.55
| 0
| 139,074
| 5.37
| Шаблон:Increase 0.23
| 6
| 6
| Шаблон:Nochange 0
|-
! colspan="11" |
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Free Voters (FW)
| 3,997
| 0.15
| 0
| 42,153
| 1.63
| Шаблон:Increase 0.74
| 0
| 0
| Шаблон:Nochange 0
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| National Democratic Party (NPD)
| 18,898
| 0.73
| 0
| 22,172
| 0.86
| Шаблон:Decrease 0.02
| 0
| 0
| Шаблон:Nochange 0
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| The Republicans (REP)
| 7,685
| 0.30
| 0
| 15,664
| 0.60
| Шаблон:Decrease 0.41
| 0
| 0
| Шаблон:Nochange 0
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Pirate Party (PIRATEN)
| colspan=3| –
| 13,796
| 0.53
| Шаблон:Increase 0.28
| 0
| 0
| Шаблон:Nochange 0
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Civil Rights Movement Soliarity (BüSo)
| 962
| 0.04
| 0
| 4,136
| 0.16
| Шаблон:Increase 0.12
| 0
| 0
| Шаблон:Nochange 0
|-
| bgcolor=Шаблон:Party color|
| align=left| Independents
| 2,093
| 0.08
| 0
| colspan=4| –
| 0
| Шаблон:Nochange 0
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 2,580,424
! 100.00
! 55
! 2,591,872
! 100.00
!
! 63
! 118
! Шаблон:Increase 8
|-
| colspan=2 align=center| Invalid
| 89,961
| 3.37
|
| 78,513
| 2.94
| colspan=4|
|-
! colspan=2| Turnout
! 2,670,385
! 61.03
!
! 2,670,385
! 61.03
! Шаблон:Decrease 3.29
! colspan=4|
|-
| colspan=2 align=center| Registered voters
| 4,375,286
| colspan=2|
| 4,375,286
| colspan=5|
|}
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