1996 Baden-Württemberg state election

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%)
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.

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