1996 Baden-Württemberg state election
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All 155 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 78 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 4,784,129 (67.6%) 2.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) under Minister-President Erwin Teufel retained its majority. However, the CDU chose not to renew the coalition, instead forming a new government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Teufel was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.
The Republicans unexpectedly retained their seats with a small swing against them, despite polling indicating they would fall out of the Landtag.
Parties[]
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1992 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Erwin Teufel | 39.6% | 64 / 146
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| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Dieter Spöri | 29.4% | 46 / 146
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| REP | The Republicans Die Republikaner |
German nationalism | Rolf Schlierer | 10.9% | 15 / 146
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| Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | 9.5% | 13 / 146
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| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | Walter Döring | 5.9% | 8 / 146
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Opinion polling[]
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | REP | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead |
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| 1996 state election | 24 Mar 1996 | – | 41.3 | 25.1 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 16.2 |
| Infratest Burke | 4–15 Mar 1996 | 1,508 | 42 | 30.5 | 4.5 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 11.5 |
| Infratest Burke | 1–8 Feb 1996 | 1,002 | 45 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| Infratest Burke | 4–14 Jan 1996 | 1,003 | 43 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| Infratest Burke | 9–17 Nov 1995 | 1,005 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 1992 state election | 5 Apr 1992 | – | 39.6 | 29.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 10.2 |
Results[]
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 1,974,619 | 41.3 |  1.7
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69 | 5
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44.5 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,199,123 | 25.1 | 4.3
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39 | 7
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25.2 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 580,801 | 12.1 | 2.5
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19 | 6
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12.3 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 458,478 | 9.6 | 3.7
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14 | 6
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9.0 | |
| The Republicans (REP) | 437,228 | 9.1 | 1.8
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14 | 1
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9.0 | |
| Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | 69,775 | 1.5 | 0.4
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0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Others | 64,105 | 1.3 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4,784,129 | 100.0 | 155 | 9
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| Voter turnout | 67.6 | 2.5
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Sources[]
Categories:
- 1996 elections in Germany
- Elections in Baden-Württemberg
- March 1996 events in Europe