1966 Hessian state election

German state election 1966 Hessian state election Hesse parliamentary no 1962 Hessian state election 1962 1970 Hessian state election 1970 All 96 seats in the Landtag of Hesse 49 6 November 1966 2,868,446 (81.0% 3.2pp) Georg-August Zinn.jpg 140 150 110 0 0 Georg-August Zinn Social Democratic Party of Germany 51 seats, 50.8% 52 1 1,442,230 51.0% 0.2pp KAS-Dregger, Alfred-Bild-5037-1.jpg 175 150 110 30 30 Alfred Dregger Christian Democratic Union of Germany 28 seats, 28.8% 26 2 745,409 26.4% 2.5pp Free Democratic Party (Germany) FDP Heinrich Kohl Free Democratic Party (Germany) 11 seats, 11.4% 10 1 293,394 10.4% 1.0pp Heinrich Fassbender National Democratic Party of Germany Did not exist 8 8 224,674 7.9% New All-German Party (1961) GDP de Gesamtdeutsche Partei es Gesamtdeutsche Partei C3C318 6 seats, 6.3% 0 6 121,326 4.3% 2.0pp 1966 Hessian state election.svg 250px Results for the single-member constituencies. Government Fourth Zinn cabinet SPD–GDP Government after election Fifth Zinn cabinet SPD The 1966 Hessian state election was held on 6 November 1966 to elect the 6th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a majority of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and All-German Party (1961) All-German Party de Gesamtdeutsche Partei es Gesamtdeutsche Partei (GDP) led by Minister-President Georg-August Zinn. The SPD retained its majority and remained stable on 51%. The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) slipped to 26%, and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) 10%. The GDP, which had been in government with the SPD since 1955, fell to 4% and lost its representation in the Landtag. In its place the new radical right-wing National Democratic Party (NPD), led by former FDP politician Heinrich Fassbender, won 8% and 8 seats. This marked the party's first entry into a state parliament and attracted great attention and concern both domestically and internationally. After the election, the SPD chose to govern alone and Minister-President Zinn continued in office. Electoral system The Landtag was elected via mixed-member proportional representation. 48 members were elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting, and 48 then allocated using compensatory proportional representation. A single ballot was used for both. An electoral threshold of 5% of valid votes is applied to the Landtag; parties that fall below this threshold are ineligible to receive seats. Background 1962 Hessian state election In the previous election held on 11 November 1962, the SPD won an absolute majority of both votes and seats for the first time. This came to the detriment of both the CDU and GDP. Despite being able to govern alone, the SPD retained the GDP in its coalition. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Hesse. Name Ideology Leadcandidate 1962 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Georg-August Zinn 50.8% 51 96 Social Democratic Party of Germany CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Alfred Dregger 28.8% 28 96 Christian Democratic Union of Germany FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Classical liberalism Heinrich Kohl 11.4% 11 96 Free Democratic Party (Germany) GDP All-German Party (1961) All-German Party de Gesamtdeutsche Partei es Gesamtdeutsche ParteiGesamtdeutsche Partei National conservatism 6.3% 6 96 #C3C318 Results File:1966 Hessian Landtag.svg Con. List Total +– Social Democratic Party 1442230 +0.16 44 8 52 +1 Christian Democratic Union 745409 –2.48 4 22 26 –2 Free Democratic Party 293994 –1.05 0 10 10 –1 National Democratic Party 224674 New 0 8 8 New All-German Party (1961) All-German Party de Gesamtdeutsche Partei es Gesamtdeutsche Partei 121326 –2.05 0 0 0 –6 #C3C318 0 40813 3543079 External links https://starweb.hessen.de/cache/stanzwahlergebnis/1966wahlergebnis.pdf Final Results for the Landtag election of 6 November 1966 24 November 1966 17 September 2023 de Parliamentary Data Bank of the Hessian Landtag https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsrec/current/3/sn/edb?q=YToxOntzOjY6InBlcnNvbiI7czoxMDoiMTExOTg1NTY1OSI7fQ== Elections to the Hessian state parliament, November 6, 1966 17 September 2023 de Hessian Regional History Information System Notes Category:Elections in Hesse Category:November 1966 in Europe Category:1960s in Hesse Category:1966 elections in Germany Category:1966 in West Germany