The Landtag of Baden-Württemberg is the diet of the German state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

. It convenes in

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and currently consists of 154 members of five political parties. The majority before the 2021 election was a coalition of the

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and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), supporting the cabinet of Green Minister-President

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Current Composition

After the elections of 14 March 2021, the composition of the Landtag is as follows: 13-05-15-landtag-bawue-innen-16

Elections are conducted using a mixed-member proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats. However, there are some exceptions, making the Baden-Württemberg election system one of the most complicated in Germany. The minimum size of the Landtag is 120 members, of which 70 members are elected in

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with

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, and 50 are elected by

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. Overhang and levelling seats may be added. The main difference in their electoral system compared to the federal Bundestag is that there are no list members, making all members local. Proportionality is maintained by parties awarding remaining seats to candidates within a party who didn't win a geographic district (a , or "second mandate") ordered by most to least popular (e.g. a candidate losing with 47% of the vote would be placed ahead of a candidate losing with 20% of votes in their district). This does mean that a candidate who placed second within their district isn't guaranteed a seat, if other losers in their party were more popular and if their party only needs a small number of seats to maintain proportionality.

Historical Composition

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Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg have been: * 1952–1960 Carl Neinhaus, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) * 1960–1968

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, CDU * 1968–1976 Camill Wurz, CDU * 1976–1980 Erich Ganzenmüller, CDU * 1980–1982 Lothar Gaa, CDU * 1982–1992 Erich Schneider, CDU * 1992–1996 Fritz Hopmeier, CDU * 1996–2011 Peter Straub, CDU * 2011 Willi Stächele, CDU * 2011–2015 Guido Wolf, CDU * 2015-2016 Wilfried Klenk, CDU * 2016–present Muhterem Aras,

References

External links

English Version of the official Webpage
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Current Composition

Historical Composition

Presidents of the Landtag

See also

References

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