1954 Hessian state election

German state election 1954 Hessian state election Hesse parliamentary no 1950 Hessian state election 1950 1958 Hessian state election 1958 All 96 seats in the Landtag of Hesse 49 28 November 1954 2,559,409 (82.4% 17.5pp) Georg-August Zinn.jpg 140 150 110 0 0 Georg-August Zinn Social Democratic Party of Germany 47 seats, 44.4% 44 3 1,065,733 42.6% 1.8pp CDU Landesvorsitzender Wilhelm Fay bei einer Rede während des Bundestagswahlkampf.jpg 320 150 110 60 60 Wilhelm Fay Christian Democratic Union of Germany 12 seats, 18.8% 24 12 603,691 24.1% 5.3pp August-Martin Euler.jpg 120 150 110 0 0 August-Martin Euler Free Democratic Party (Germany) Previously ran with GB/BHE, winning 31.8% and 21 seats (13 FDP). 21 8 513,421 20.5% New Gotthard Franke All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights Previously ran with FDP, winning 31.8% and 21 seats (8 GB/BHE). 7 1 192,390 7.7% New 1954 Hessian state election.svg 250px Results for the single-member constituencies. Government First Zinn cabinet SPD Government after election Second Zinn cabinet SPD–GB/BHE The 1954 Hessian state election was held on 28 November 1954 to elect the 3rd Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a majority of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Georg-August Zinn. The election saw the Free Democratic Party (FDP) displaced as the main opposition party by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The All-German Bloc/League of Expellees (GB/BHE), which in 1950 ran in alliance with the FDP, won 8%. Modifications to the electoral system saw the SPD deprived of its majority despite only minor losses, and the party formed a coalition with the GB/HBE. 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. The size of the Landtag was increased in this election from 80 to 96 by the addition of more compensatory seats. 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 1950 Hessian state election In the previous election held on 19 November 1950, the SPD won a majority of seats with 44% of the vote. An alliance of the FDP and GB/BHE made up the second largest group, winning 32%, followed by the CDU on 19%. This represented a major reversal in the two parties' positions compared to 1946. The Communist Party (KPD) narrowly fell below the 5% threshold and lost its seats. Georg-August Zinn became Minister-President in the new SPD majority government. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Hesse. Name Ideology Leadcandidate 1950 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Georg-August Zinn 44.4% 47 80 Social Democratic Party of Germany FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Classical liberalism August-Martin Euler 31.8% 13 80 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 8 80 All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Wilhelm Fay 18.8% 12 80 Christian Democratic Union of Germany Results File:1954 Hessian Landtag.svg Con. List Total +– Social Democratic Party 1065733 –1.76 41 3 44 –3 Christian Democratic Union 603691 +5.33 5 19 24 +12 Free Democratic Party 513421 New 2 19 21 +8 All-German Bloc/League of Expellees 192390 New 0 7 7 –1 Communist Party 84013 –1.39 0 0 0 0 German Party 29309 New 0 0 0 New Alliance of Germans 12047 New 0 0 0 New Free Opposition 416 New 0 0 0 New Independents 253 –0.05 0 – 0 0 +16 58136 3105125 External links https://starweb.hessen.de/cache/hessen/Hessen_Landtagswahl_Statistik1954.pdf The Election to the Hessian Landtag, 28 November 1954 March 1955 17 September 2023 de Parliamentary Data Bank of the Hessian Landtag https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/xsrec/current/1/mode/abstract/setmode/abstract/sn/edb?q=YToxOntzOjY6InBlcnNvbiI7czoyNToiMTE4NTkwNDA1Ok9zc3dhbGQsIEFsYmVydCI7fQ== Loss of the absolute majority for the SPD in the state elections, November 28, 1954 17 September 2023 de Hessian Regional History Information System Notes Category:Elections in Hesse Category:1954 elections in Germany Category:1950s in Hesse Category:November 1954 in Europe Category:1954 in West Germany