1958 Hessian state election

German state election 1958 Hessian state election Hesse parliamentary no 1954 Hessian state election 1954 1962 Hessian state election 1962 All 96 seats in the Landtag of Hesse 49 23 November 1958 2,680,548 (82.3% 0.1pp) Georg-August Zinn.jpg 140 150 110 0 0 Georg-August Zinn Social Democratic Party of Germany 44 seats, 42.6% 48 4 1,235,361 46.9% 4.3pp CDU Landesvorsitzender Wilhelm Fay bei einer Rede während des Bundestagswahlkampf.jpg 320 150 110 60 60 Wilhelm Fay Christian Democratic Union of Germany 24 seats, 24.1% 32 8 843,041 32.0% 7.9pp Wolfram Dörinkel Free Democratic Party (Germany) 21 seats, 20.5% 9 12 250,310 9.5% 11.0pp Gotthard Franke All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights 7 seats, 7.7% 7 0 193,996 7.4% 0.3pp 1958 Hessian state election.svg 250px Results for the single-member constituencies. Government Second Zinn cabinet SPD–GB/BHE Government after election Third Zinn cabinet SPD–GB/BHE The 1958 Hessian state election was held on 23 November 1958 to elect the 4th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and All-German Bloc/League of Expellees (GB/BHE) led by Minister-President Georg-August Zinn. The election saw major losses for the Free Democratic Party (FDP) matched by gains for the SPD and Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which established itself as the major opposition to the SPD-led government. The FDP finished on 10%, its worst result since the inaugural postwar elections in 1946. The SPD's coalition partner the GB/BHE remained steady on 7%, and the government was renewed for a second term. 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 1954 Hessian state election In the previous election held on 28 November 1954, the SPD suffered small losses and fell to 43%, but remained clearly the largest party. The CDU emerged as the second largest party by a small margin as the FDP fell to 20%. The GB/BHE ran independently and won 8%, subsequently forming a coalition with the SPD. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 3rd Landtag of Hesse. Name Ideology Leadcandidate 1954 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Georg-August Zinn 42.6% 44 96 Social Democratic Party of Germany CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Wilhelm Fay 24.1% 24 96 Christian Democratic Union of Germany FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Classical liberalism Heinrich Kohl 20.5% 21 96 Free Democratic Party (Germany) GB/BHE All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of RightsGesamtdeutscher Block/Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten National conservatism Gotthard Franke 7.7% 7 96 All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights Results File:1958 Hessian Landtag.svg Con. List Total +– Social Democratic Party 1235631 +4.30 42 6 48 +4 Christian Democratic Union 843041 +7.87 6 26 32 +8 Free Democratic Party 250310 –11.02 0 9 9 –12 All-German Bloc/League of Expellees 193996 –0.33 0 7 7 0 German Party 93260 +2.37 0 0 0 0 Deutsche Reichspartei 16178 New 0 0 0 New German Community 1093 New 0 0 0 New German People's Party 466 New 0 0 0 New Independents 152 +0.00 0 – 0 0 0 46691 3257513 External links https://starweb.hessen.de/cache/hessen/Hessen_Landtagswahl_Statistik1958.pdf The Election to the Hessian Landtag, 23 November 1958 February 1959 17 September 2023 de Parliamentary Data Bank of the Hessian Landtag https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsrec/current/1/sn/edb?q=YToxOntzOjY6InBlcnNvbiI7czo5OiIxMjI2MzgxNFgiO30= State election in Hesse, November 23, 1958 17 September 2023 de Hessian Regional History Information System Notes Category:Elections in Hesse Category:1958 elections in Germany Category:1950s in Hesse Category:November 1958 in Europe Category:1958 in West Germany