FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
STATE OF HESSEN
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 JANUARY 2009
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Enrolled voters:         4,375,286 
Votes cast:              2,670,385  61.0
Invalid votes:              78,513  02.9
Valid votes:             2,591,872  97.1
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Party                    Votes       %                 Seats
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CDU                        963,763   37.2    +00.4     46   +04
SPD                        614,648   23.7    -13.0     29   -13
FDP                        420,426   16.2    +06.8     20   + 9
Grüne                      356,040   13.7    +06.2     17   + 8
Left                       139,074   05.4    +00.3      6   + 0
Others                      97,921   03.8               -
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Total                    2,591,872                    118   + 8
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