2006 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 2006 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Günther Oettinger was re-elected with an increased majority and continued in office.

2006 Baden-Württemberg state election
26 March 2006
All 139 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,960,345 (53.4%)
Decrease 9.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Günther Oettinger Ute Vogt
Party CDU SPD
Last election 63 seats, 44.8% 45 seats, 33.3%
Seats won 69 38
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 7
Popular vote 1,748,781 996,095
Percentage 44.2% 25.2%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Decrease 8.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 10 seats, 7.7% 10 seats, 8.1%
Seats won 17 15
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 5
Popular vote 462,889 421,885
Percentage 11.7% 10.7%
Swing Increase 4.0% Increase 2.6%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Günther Oettinger
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Günther Oettinger
CDU

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2001 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Günther Oettinger 44.8%
63 / 128
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Ute Vogt 33.3%
45 / 128
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism 8.1%
10 / 128
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics 7.7%
10 / 128

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU SPD FDP Grüne WASG Others Lead
2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 – 44.2 25.2 10.7 11.7 3.1 5.3 19.0
Emnid 7–18 Mar 2006 1,000 45 29 9 10 2 5 16
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 13–16 Mar 2006 ~1,000 45 30 8 10 3 4 15
Infratest dimap 13–15 Mar 2006 1,000 46 28 9 10 2 5 16
IfM Leipzig 13–15 Mar 2006 1,008 43 31 9 10 2 5 12
Infratest dimap 28 Feb–1 Mar 2006 1,000 46 29 8 10 3 4 17
IfM Leizpig 6–8 Feb 2006 1,001 49 30 8 7 2 4 19
Infratest dimap 30 Jan–1 Feb 2006 1,000 45 29 9 9 4 4 16
Allensbach 28 Sep–13 Oct 2005 ~1,000 45.0 30.0 8.5 8.5 4 4.0 15.0
IfM Leizpig 16–18 Nov 2004 1,000 49 29 6 10 – 6 20
Forsa 29–30 Oct 2004 1,002 50 28 6 9 – 7 22
IfM Leizpig 19 Oct 2004 1,008 49 27 7 13 – 4 22
Emnid 17 Oct 2004  ? 49 26 7 15 – 3 23
Infratest dimap 23–26 Jul 2004 1,004 48 23 6 17 – 6 25
Allensbach 5–17 Jun 2004 1,000 50.5 25.0 7.0 11.5 – 6.0 25.5
Infratest dimap 1–6 Jun 2004 1,004 51 26 7 12 – 4 25
Infratest dimap 12 Feb 2004  ? 52 26 8 11 – 3 26
Allensbach 12–25 Sep 2003  ? 52 25 7 11 – 5 27
Allensbach 3–7 Feb 2003 1,100 54 24 8 10 – 4 30
2001 state election 25 Mar 2001 – 44.8 33.3 8.1 7.7 – 6.1 10.2

Results
Summary of the 26 March 2006 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,748,781 44.2 Decrease0.6 69 Increase6 49.7
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 996,095 25.2 Decrease8.1 38 Decrease7 27.3
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 462,889 11.7 Increase4.0 17 Increase7 12.2
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 421,885 10.7 Increase2.6 15 Increase5 10.8
Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative (WASG) 121,875 3.1 New 0 New 0
The Republicans (REP) 100,079 2.5 Decrease1.9 0 ±0 0
Others 108,741 2.6 Steady0.0 0 ±0 0
Total 3,960,345 100.0 139 Increase11
Voter turnout 53.4 Decrease9.2
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 44.16%
SPD
 
 25.15%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 11.69%
FDP
 
 10.65%
WASG
 
 3.08%
REP
 
 2.53%
Other
 
 2.75%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 49.64%
SPD
 
 27.34%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 12.23%
FDP
 
 10.79%

References
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