State election in Hesse 1974
The elections for the 8th Hessian Landtag took place on October 27, 1974. The CDU Hessen achieved another landslide victory and became the strongest political force for the first time. Nevertheless, opposition leader Alfred Dregger did not succeed in replacing the social-liberal government under Albert Osswald .
initial situation
The previous state election on November 8, 1970 brought the following result:
| Political party | Voting share | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| SPD | 45.9% | 53 |
| CDU | 39.7% | 46 |
| FDP | 10.1% | 11 |
In 1969 Georg August Zinn resigned as SPD chairman and prime minister after 22 years due to illness. Albert Osswald was his successor . After the SPD had lost its absolute majority in the state elections in Hesse in 1970 and now had 45.9%, Osswald formed a social-liberal coalition based on the Bonn model.
In state politics, the discussion increased during these years. The main point of conflict was initially the regional reform in Hesse . The large municipalities and district mergers demanded (and enforced) by the SPD led to bitter strife and resistance in many places. In particular, the town of Lahn , formed from Gießen and Wetzlar , was violently attacked by the citizens and had to be dissolved again after a short time. The SPD was also on the defensive because of the Helaba scandal .
Another polarizing topic of state politics was school politics. With the “Law to Change the Hessian School Laws”, the state parliament decided on March 29, 1969, with votes from the SPD and FDP, to introduce a support level and comprehensive school . Education Minister Ludwig von Friedeburg was a symbol of the social democratic educational reforms of the time at the beginning of the 1970s. In addition to comprehensive school and the support level, the introduction of set theory in mathematics lessons, the new framework guidelines for German and social studies based on emancipatory, socially critical socialization and communication theories and the abolition of history lessons in favor of a new subject of social studies were key points of the SPD's educational policy.
Under Alfred Dregger, the CDU achieved a landslide victory in 1970. After years of declining results to 26.4% in 1966, the CDU achieved almost 40% in 1970. For the 1974 state elections, the CDU campaigned for the first time with the help of thorough demoscopic research. In October 1973 the CDU commissioned an opinion polling company to conduct a representative survey of 1,500 eligible voters. The result was that the election campaign topic “security” met the interests of the population in view of the first oil price shock and the student revolt and was linked to the CDU. In a second round in December 1973 possible slogans were identified. In the end, the state executive decided in favor of “Now we choose security”.
The advertising agency ARE commissioned by the SPD had prepared a negative campaign against the person of Dregger. After these plans became known, the SPD decided not to implement them.
Top candidates
The SPD ran with Prime Minister Albert Osswald as the top candidate. The opposing candidate of the CDU was again parliamentary group leader Alfred Dregger . The FDP's top candidate was Heinz Herbert Karry .
Results
| Political party | agree completely |
percent | Electoral kreisbe- tors |
Direct MAN date |
Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible voters | 3,850,223 | ||||
| Voters | 3.264.209 | 84.78 | |||
| Valid votes | 3,230,420 | 98.96 | |||
| CDU | 1,528,793 | 47.32 | 55 | 35 | 53 |
| SPD | 1,394,123 | 43.16 | 55 | 20th | 49 |
| FDP | 238,726 | 7.39 | 55 | 8th | |
| NPD | 32,713 | 1.01 | 55 | ||
| DKP | 28,699 | 0.89 | 55 | ||
| KPD | 4,168 | 0.13 | 22nd | ||
| KBW | 2,732 | 0.08 | 19th | ||
| BDK | 352 | 0.01 | 2 | ||
| ELC | 23 | 0.00 | 1 | ||
| Individual applicants | 91 | 0.00 | 2 | ||
| Total | 3,230,420 | 100 | 321 | 55 | 110 |
For the elected representatives see the list of members of the Hessian state parliament (8th electoral term) .
Elective test
The electoral examination court ruled on June 18, 1975 on the validity of the election.
See also
literature
- Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 154 ff . ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
Web links
- Germany since 1945: State elections - State of Hesse state votes. on: wahlen-in-deutschland.de
- State gazette Hessen / candidate lists on: starweb.hessen.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Wolf: The emergence of the slogan of the Hessian CDU for the state elections in 1974. In: Jakob Schissler (Hrsg.): Political culture and political system in Hessen. 1981, ISBN 3-458-04784-4 , pp. 172-181.
- ↑ StAnz 1975, No. 27, p. 1177, online