Landtag of Hesse

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Landtag of Hesse Hessischer Landtag
21st Landtag of Hesse
Type
Type	Landtag
Established	19 September 1946
Leadership
President of the Landtag	Astrid Wallmann, CDU since 2022
Structure
Seats	133
Political groups	Government (75)   CDU (52)   SPD (23) Opposition (58)   AfD (28)   Greens (22)   FDP (8)
Elections
Last election	8 October 2023
Meeting place
Stadtschloss, Wiesbaden
Website
www.hessischer-landtag.de

The Landtag of Hesse (German: Hessischer Landtag) is the unicameral parliament of the State of Hesse in the Federal Republic of Germany. It convenes in the Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden. As a legislature it is responsible for passing laws at the state level and enacting the budget. Its most important function is to elect and control the state government. The constitution of the State of Hesse describes the role of the Landtag in sections 75 to 99.

The Landtag consists of 137 members of six parties. There is a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union and the Greens. The President of the Landtag is Astrid Wallmann and the Minister-President of Hesse is Boris Rhein.

The members are elected via a mixed-member proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats. The smallest allowed size of Landtag is 110 members (without overhang and levelling seats), of which 55 are elected first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies and others are elected by party list vote.

In Hesse, voting in Landtag elections is available for every German citizen aged 18 or over, who has primarily resided in the state for at least three months. To stand for election, a candidate is also required to have resided in the state for at least a year.^[1]