1954 Hessian state election

{{short description|German state election}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1954 Hessian state election

| country = Hesse

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1950 Hessian state election

| previous_year = 1950

| next_election = 1958 Hessian state election

| next_year = 1958

| seats_for_election = All 96 seats in the Landtag of Hesse

| majority_seats = 49

| election_date = 28 November 1954

| turnout = 2,559,409 (82.4% {{increase}} 17.5pp)

| 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 = 47 seats, 44.4%

| seats1 = 44

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 3

| popular_vote1 = 1,065,733

| percentage1 = 42.6%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 1.8pp

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=CDU Landesvorsitzender Wilhelm Fay bei einer Rede während des Bundestagswahlkampf.jpg|bSize=320|cHeight=150|cWidth=110|oTop=60|oLeft=60}}

| candidate2 = Wilhelm Fay

| party2 = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

| last_election2 = 12 seats, 18.8%

| seats2 = 24

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 12

| popular_vote2 = 603,691

| percentage2 = 24.1%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 5.3pp

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=August-Martin Euler.jpg|bSize=120|cHeight=150|cWidth=110|oTop=0|oLeft=0}}

| candidate4 = August-Martin Euler

| party4 = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

| last_election4 = {{efn|Previously ran with GB/BHE, winning 31.8% and 21 seats (13 FDP).}}

| seats4 = 21

| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 8

| popular_vote4 = 513,421

| percentage4 = 20.5%

| swing4 = New

| image5 =

| candidate5 = Gotthard Franke

| party5 = All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights

| last_election5 = {{efn|Previously ran with FDP, winning 31.8% and 21 seats (8 GB/BHE).}}

| seats5 = 7

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote5 = 192,390

| percentage5 = 7.7%

| swing5 = New

| map_image = 1954 Hessian state election.svg

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = Results for the single-member constituencies.

| title = Government

| before_election = First Zinn cabinet

| before_party = SPD

| posttitle = Government after election

| after_election = Second Zinn cabinet

| after_party = SPD–GB/BHE

}}

The 1954 Hessian state election was held on 28 November 1954 to elect the 3rd Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a majority of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Georg-August Zinn.

The election saw the Free Democratic Party (FDP) displaced as the main opposition party by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The All-German Bloc/League of Expellees (GB/BHE), which in 1950 ran in alliance with the FDP, won 8%. Modifications to the electoral system saw the SPD deprived of its majority despite only minor losses, and the party formed a coalition with the GB/HBE.