1958 Hessian state election

1958 Hessian state election
23 November 1958
All 96 seats in the Landtag of Hesse
49 seats needed for a majority
Turnout2,680,548 (82.3% 0.1pp)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Georg-August Zinn Wilhelm Fay
Party SPD CDU
Last election 44 seats, 42.6% 24 seats, 24.1%
Seats won 48 32
Seat change 4 8
Popular vote 1,235,361 843,041
Percentage 46.9% 32.0%
Swing 4.3pp 7.9pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Wolfram Dörinkel Gotthard Franke
Party FDP GB/BHE
Last election 21 seats, 20.5% 7 seats, 7.7%
Seats won 9 7
Seat change 12 0
Popular vote 250,310 193,996
Percentage 9.5% 7.4%
Swing 11.0pp 0.3pp
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Government before election

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.

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