The Role of the Contacting the Landtag

Role 1: Elect Landtag Press Office The Landtag elects the Landtag President, the Mini- Telephone: +49 (0)611 - 350-306 ster President, the members of the Constitutional Fax: +49 (0)611 - 350-305 Court, etc. Email: [email protected]

Role 2: Pass laws Visitor's Service Only the Parliament may pass laws, e.g. the Budget Telephone: +49 (0)611 - 350-294 Act or the Schools Act. Fax: +49 (0)611 - 350-1308 Email: [email protected] Role 3: Supervise The Landtag can demand information, statements or Parliamentary Group Offices reports from the state government as part of its par- Hessen Landtag Telephone: +49 (0)611 - 350-534 liamentary supervisory competencies. Fax: +49 (0)611 - 350-552 18th legislative period Email: [email protected] Role 4: Generate public awareness Building: Atriumhaus level 2 In public plenary debates, the different points of view Telephone: +49 (0)611 - 350-519 of the parliamentary groups represented in Parlia- Fax: +49 (0)611 - 350-511 ment are presented for citizens and the media. Email: [email protected] Building: Wilhelmsbau level 5 Politics in Further information about the Hessen Landtag can Telephone: +49 (0)611 - 350-563 the centre be found on our website www.hessischer-landtag.de Fax: +49 (0)611 - 350-570 Email: [email protected] Elections and Government Building: Kavalierhaus level 3 Telephone: +49 (0)611 - 350-582 Fax: +49 (0)611 - 350-600 In the Landtag election on January 18th, the CDU Email: [email protected] (Christian Democratic Party) received 37.2%, the SPD Building: Kavalierhaus level 1 (Social Democratic Party) 23.7%, the FDP (Free Demo- Telephone: +49 (0)611 - 350-6090 cratic Party) 16.2%, BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN (Alliance Fax: +49 (0)611 - 350-6091 90/The Greens) 13.7% and DIE LINKE () 5.4 % of Email: [email protected] all valid votes. This gave the CDU and FDP a majority Building: Mittelbau level 2 of the votes and the seats in the Landtag. Both par- ties concluded a coalition agreement. , who has held the office of Minister President of Imprint since February 2009, resigned from office on August Publisher: President of the Hessen Landtag, Norbert Kartmann, Hessischer 31st in 2010. On the very same day got Landtag, Schlossplatz 1-3, 65183 . elected Minister President of Hesse by the CDU and Printing: mehgro Werbung GmbH, Gewerbegebiet 2, 99765 Urbach. the FDP caucus. Subsequently, the newly-elected Design: Cicero Gesellschaft für Werbung und Kommunikation mbH, Bouffier appointed his ministers and the Landtag pas- Taunusstraße 54, 65183 Wiesbaden. sed a voice of confidence in the state government This document was published by the Hessen Landtag as part of parliamen - by open ballot. When the ministers were sworn in, the tary public relations. Using it for the public relations of parties, parliamen- tary groups, members of parliament and electoral candidates – especially government was formed. for the purposes of election campaigns – is strictly prohibited.

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49, 50 Darmstadt-Stadt I, II I, Darmstadt-Stadt 50 49, 16, 17 Lahn-Dill I, II I, Lahn-Dill 17 16,

47, 48 Groß-Gerau I, II I, Groß-Gerau 48 47, 14, 15 Fulda I, II I, Fulda 15 14,

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Election Results 2009

37.2Percent CDU CDU 46 Seats

23.7 Percent SPD SPD 29 Seats 16.2 Percent FDP

FDP 20 Seats 13.7 Percent B90/DIE GRÜNEN

5.4 Percent DIE LINKE B90/DIE GRÜNEN 17 Seats

Eligible Voters: 4, 375, 286 Die Linke 6 Seats Voters: 2, 670, 385 Voter Turnout: 61.0 Percent Spoiled Ballots: 78, 513 (2.9 Percent) 2, 591, 872 Valid votes: Latest update: Print December 2010