Local elections in Hesse 2001

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The local elections in Hesse 2001 took place on March 18, 2001. Compared to the 1997 election , turnout fell by 13.1%. The SPD Hessen emerged from the election as the strongest municipal force, 0.4% ahead of the Christian Democrats . The CDU was able to gain a good 5%, while the other parties suffered massive losses.

Suffrage

Local councils are elected every five years in Hessen. This includes the election of the district councils , city ​​council assemblies and municipal councils as well as the local councils . The members of the association chamber of the planning association for the Frankfurt / Rhine-Main conurbation are determined indirectly .

With the "Law to Strengthen Citizens' Participation and Local Self- Administration " of December 23, 1999, the local electoral law was completely reorganized and the possibility of accumulation and variegation was introduced. This tended to strengthen small parties and electoral rolls. The abolition of the 5% threshold also had the same effects.

Election campaign

In addition to the respective local issues, the election campaign was determined by federal and state political issues. In Hesse this was mainly the CDU donation affair of the CDU state association of Hesse. The expectation that this affair or that the CDU's campaign funds, which have been massively reduced due to the penalty payment, would reduce the Union's chances were not confirmed in the election results.

The far-right parties' performance was also observed with interest. In the previous local elections in 1997, Republicans had received 6.6% of the vote.

Results

4.49 million voters were eligible to vote and 52.9% voted. This meant a 13.1% drop in voter turnout compared to 1997.

The election in the districts and urban districts yielded the following results:

Result of the local elections in the districts and independent cities in 2001
Turnout: 52.9%
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
38.5
38.1
9.1
5.8
5.2
2.5
0.8
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1997
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+0.5
+5.1
-1.9
-0.1
+1.2
-4.1
-0.8
Otherwise.
Political party Result change
CDU 38.1% + 5.1%
SPD 38.5% + 0.5%
GREEN 9.1% - 1.9%
FDP 5.2% + 1.2%
Groups of voters 5.8% - 0.1%
Others 3.3% - 4.9%

The right-wing parties collapsed in favor of the electorate. The Republicans lost 4.1 percentage points and came to 2.5% nationwide, the NPD Hesse fell from 0.6% to 0.2%.

For the results in selected Hessian cities see:

Individual evidence

  1. Hessian State Statistical Office
  2. Analysis of the Hessian State Office for the Protection of the Constitution on the 2001 state election (PDF; 344 kB)