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1996 Baden-Württemberg state election

State election in Germany

1996 Baden-Württemberg state election

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24 March 1996

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All 155 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
78 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

4,784,129 (67.6%)

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	5	7	6
Popular vote	1,974,619	1,199,123	580,801
Percentage	41.3%	25.1%	12.1%
Swing	1.7%	4.3%	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	6	1
Popular vote	458,478	437,228
Percentage	9.6%	9.1%
Swing	3.7%	1.8%

Results for the single-member constituencies.

Minister-President before election

Erwin Teufel
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Erwin Teufel
CDU

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
Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	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
Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size						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	1.7	69	5	44.5
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1,199,123	25.1	4.3	39	7	25.2
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	580,801	12.1	2.5	19	6	12.3
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	458,478	9.6	3.7	14	6	9.0
	The Republicans (REP)	437,228	9.1	1.8	14	1	9.0

	Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)	69,775	1.5	0.4	0	±0	0
	Others	64,105	1.3		0	±0	0
Total		4,784,129	100.0		155	9
Voter turnout			67.6	2.5