State election in Hesse in 1966
The state elections in Hesse in 1966 took place on November 6, 1966. It was the election for the 6th electoral term of the Hessian state parliament .
Election results
The SPD was able to maintain its absolute majority, its previous coalition partner GPD / BHE failed because of the threshold clause. Prime Minister Zinn subsequently formed an SPD sole government. The first entry of the NPD into a German state parliament attracted nationwide attention .
| Political party | agree completely |
percent | Electoral kreisbe- tors |
Direct MAN date |
Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 3,543,079 | ||||
| Voters | 2,868,446 | 80.96 | |||
| Valid votes | 2,827,633 | 98.58 | |||
| SPD | 1,442,230 | 51.00 | 48 | 44 | 52 |
| CDU | 745.409 | 26.36 | 48 | 4th | 26th |
| FDP | 293.994 | 10.40 | 48 | 10 | |
| NPD | 224,674 | 7.95 | 48 | 8th | |
| GPD / BHE | 121,326 | 4.29 | 48 | ||
| Total | 2,827,633 | 100 | 240 | 48 | 96 |
The NPD benefited from the emerging grand coalition in the federal government , which had become probable after the coalition break between the CDU / CSU and the FDP in October. Through this alliance, the CDU seemed to move into the middle and the NPD managed to win over dissatisfied voters from the right wing.
The election statistics showed that the voters of the NPD Hessen in this election were predominantly middle-aged men:
| Age | Men | Women | total |
| 21–29 years | 8.2% | 4.7% | 6.5% |
| 30–44 years | 10.0% | 6.4% | 8.2% |
| 45–59 years | 12.6% | 7.7% | 9.8% |
| 60 years - ... | 8.6% | 4.7% | 6.5% |
| total | 10.0% | 6.0% | 7.9% |
The NPD Hessen was able to record another small success in the local elections in Hessen in 1968 , but was no longer elected to the state parliament in 1970.
See also
- Hessian Landtag # election results
- Cabinet tin V
- List of members of the Hessian state parliament (6th electoral period)
