1950 Hessian state election

{{short description|German state election}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1950 Hessian state election

| country = Hesse

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = December 1946 Hessian state election

| previous_year = Dec. 1946

| next_election = 1954 Hessian state election

| next_year = 1954

| seats_for_election = All 80 seats in the Landtag of Hesse

| majority_seats = 41

| election_date = 19 November 1950

| turnout = 1,936,762 (64.9% {{decrease}} 8.3pp)

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Georg-August Zinn.jpg|bSize=140|cHeight=150|cWidth=110|oTop=0|oLeft=0}}

| candidate1 = Georg-August Zinn

| party1 = Social Democratic Party of Germany

| last_election1 = 38 seats, 42.7%

| seats1 = 47

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 9

| popular_vote1 = 821,268

| percentage1 = 44.4%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 1.7pp

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=August-Martin Euler.jpg|bSize=120|cHeight=150|cWidth=110|oTop=0|oLeft=0}}

| candidate2 = August-Martin Euler

| party2 = FDP–GB/BHE

| color2 = FFED00

| last_election2 = 14 seats, 15.7%{{efn|Results for the LDP.}}

| seats2 = 21

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 7

| popular_vote2 = 588,739

| percentage2 = 31.8%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 16.1pp

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Werner Hilpert.png|bSize=120|cHeight=150|cWidth=110|oTop=0|oLeft=0}}

| candidate4 = Werner Hilpert

| party4 = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

| last_election4 = 28 seats, 31.0%

| seats4 = 12

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 16

| popular_vote4 = 348,148

| percentage4 = 18.8%

| swing4 = {{decrease}} 12.1pp

| image5 =

| candidate5 =

| party5 = Communist Party of Germany

| last_election5 = 10 seats, 10.7%

| seats5 = 0

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 10

| popular_vote5 = 87,878

| percentage5 = 4.7%

| swing5 = {{decrease}} 5.9pp

| map_image = 1950 Hessian state election.svg

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = Results for the single-member constituencies.

| title = Government

| before_election = Stock cabinet

| before_party = SPD–CDU

| posttitle = Government after election

| after_election = First Zinn cabinet

| after_party = SPD

}}

The 1950 Hessian state election was held on 19 November 1950 to elect the 2nd Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Christian Stock, who retired at the election. He was succeeded as SPD lead candidate by Georg-August Zinn.

The SPD won a clear majority of seats thanks to quirks of the electoral system, which had been modified since 1946 to a form of mixed-member proportional representation. The Hessian CDU, who took a left-of-centre course in government with the SPD, were heavily defeated and pushed to third place with 19%. An alliance of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and All-German Bloc/League of Expellees (GB/HBE) emerged as the second-largest party with 32%, but were unable to prevent the SPD from achieving its majority. Further, the Communist Party (KPD) slipped just below the 5% electoral threshold and lost their seats. After the election, Minister-President Stock retired and was succeeded by justice minister Georg-August Zinn, who led an SPD majority government.