1996 Baden-Württemberg state election

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.

1996 Baden-Württemberg state election
24 March 1996
All 155 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,784,129 (67.6%)
Decrease 2.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Erwin Teufel Dieter Spöri
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 64 seats, 39.6% 46 seats, 29.4% 13 seats, 9.5%
Seats won 69 39 19
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 7 Increase 6
Popular vote 1,974,619 1,199,123 580,801
Percentage 41.3% 25.1% 12.1%
Swing Increase 1.7% Decrease 4.3% Increase 2.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Walter Döring Rolf Schlierer
Party FDP REP
Last election 8 seats, 5.9% 15 seats, 10.9%
Seats won 14 14
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 1
Popular vote 458,478 437,228
Percentage 9.6% 9.1%
Swing Increase 3.7% Decrease 1.8%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Erwin Teufel
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Erwin Teufel
CDU

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
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Erwin Teufel 39.6%
64 / 146
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Dieter Spöri 29.4%
46 / 146
REP The Republicans
Die Republikaner		 German nationalism Rolf Schlierer 10.9%
15 / 146
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics 9.5%
13 / 146
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism Walter Döring 5.9%
8 / 146

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU SPD REP Grüne FDP Others Lead
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
Summary of the 24 March 1996 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,974,619 41.3 Increase1.7 69 Increase5 44.5
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,199,123 25.1 Decrease4.3 39 Decrease7 25.2
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 580,801 12.1 Increase2.5 19 Increase6 12.3
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 458,478 9.6 Increase3.7 14 Increase6 9.0
The Republicans (REP) 437,228 9.1 Decrease1.8 14 Decrease1 9.0
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 69,775 1.5 Decrease0.4 0 ±0 0
Others 64,105 1.3 0 ±0 0
Total 4,784,129 100.0 155 Increase9
Voter turnout 67.6 Decrease2.5
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 41.27%
SPD
 
 25.06%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 12.14%
FDP
 
 9.58%
REP
 
 9.14%
Other
 
 2.80%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 44.52%
SPD
 
 25.16%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 12.26%
FDP
 
 9.03%
REP
 
 9.03%

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