2001 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 2001 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 25 March 2001 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) under Minister-President Erwin Teufel was re-elected with an increased majority and continued in office.

2001 Baden-Württemberg state election
25 March 2001
All 128 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
65 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,530,763 (62.6%)
Decrease 5.0%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Erwin Teufel Ute Vogt
Party CDU SPD
Last election 69 seats, 41.3% 39 seats, 25.1%
Seats won 63 45
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 6
Popular vote 2,029,806 1,508,358
Percentage 44.8% 33.3%
Swing Increase 3.5% Increase 8.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Walter Döring Dieter Salomon
Party FDP Greens
Last election 14 seats, 9.6% 19 seats, 12.1%
Seats won 10 10
Seat change Decrease 4 Decrease 9
Popular vote 367,580 350,383
Percentage 8.1% 7.7%
Swing Decrease 1.5% Decrease 4.4%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Erwin Teufel
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Erwin Teufel
CDU

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1996 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Erwin Teufel 41.3%
69 / 155
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Ute Vogt 25.1%
39 / 155
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics Dieter Saloman 12.1%
19 / 155
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism Walter Döring 9.6%
14 / 155
REP The Republicans
Die Republikaner		 German nationalism 9.1%
14 / 155

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU SPD Grüne FDP REP Others Lead
2001 state election 25 Mar 2001 – 44.8 33.3 8.1 7.7 4.4 1.7 10.2
Forsa 12–17 Mar 2001 – 41 32 8 9 6 4 9
Infratest dimap 9–14 Mar 2001 1,004 41 35 8.5 8.5 5 2 6
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 5–8 Mar 2001 1,010 41 36 8 8 5 2 5
Infratest dimap 19–24 Feb 2001 1,000 39 35 8 10 5 3 4
Forsa 8–14 Feb 2001 1,018 39 31 10 10 6 4 8
Infratest dimap 18–23 Jan 2001 1,000 40 32 10 10 5 3 8
Infratest dimap 7–13 Dec 2000 1,000 42 32 9 10 4 3 10
Forsa 29 Nov–5 Dec 2000 1,006 40 30 10 10 6 4 10
Infratest dimap 12–17 Oct 2000 1,000 43 32 9 10 3 3 11
Infratest dimap 6–11 Jul 2000 1,000 44 31 9 9 4 3 13
Forsa 29 May–5 Jun 2000 1,001 42 28 8 12 6 4 12
Infratest dimap 5–10 Jan 2000 1,000 45 31 10 8 3 3 14
Infratest dimap 27 Sep–13 Oct 1999 1,000 49 27 9 7 4 4 22
Infratest dimap 27 Apr–19 May 1999 1,000 48 29 9 8 4 2 19
1996 state election 24 Mar 1996 – 41.3 25.1 12.1 9.6 9.1 2.8 16.2

Results
Summary of the 25 March 2001 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 2,029,806 44.8 Increase3.5 63 Decrease6 49.2
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,508,358 33.3 Increase8.2 45 Increase6 35.1
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 367,580 8.1 Decrease1.5 10 Decrease4 7.8
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 350,383 7.7 Decrease4.4 10 Decrease9 7.8
The Republicans (REP) 198,534 4.4 Decrease4.7 0 Decrease14 0
Others 76,102 1.7 Decrease1.1 0 ±0 0
Total 4,530,763 100.0 128 Decrease27
Voter turnout 62.6 Decrease5.0
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 44.80%
SPD
 
 33.29%
F.D.P.
 
 8.11%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.73%
REP
 
 4.38%
Other
 
 1.68%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 49.22%
SPD
 
 35.16%
F.D.P.
 
 7.81%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.81%

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