The 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the 11th

Landtag of Baden-Württemberg The Landtag of Baden-Württemberg is the diet (assembly), diet of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It convenes in Stuttgart and currently consists of 154 members of five political parties. The majority before the 2021 Baden-Württemberg ...

. The incumbent

grand coalition A grand coalition is an arrangement in a multi-party parliamentary system in which the two largest political party, political parties of opposing political spectrum, political ideologies unite in a coalition government. Causes of a grand coali ...

government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

(SPD) under Minister-President

Erwin Teufel Erwin Teufel (born 4 September 1939, in Zimmern ob Rottweil) is a German politician of the CDU. Political career Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991. Teufel was Minis ...

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.

Opinion polling

Results

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 1,974,619 , align= 41.3 , align= 1.7 , align= 69 , align= 5 , align= 44.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 1,199,123 , align= 25.1 , align= 4.3 , align= 39 , align= 7 , align= 25.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

(Grüne) , align= 580,801 , align= 12.1 , align= 2.5 , align= 19 , align= 6 , align= 12.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 458,478 , align= 9.6 , align= 3.7 , align= 14 , align= 6 , align= 9.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 437,228 , align= 9.1 , align= 1.8 , align= 14 , align= 1 , align= 9.0 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Ecological Democratic Party The Ecological Democratic Party (, ÖDP) is a green conservative and ecologist minor party in Germany. The ÖDP was founded in 1982. The strongest level of voting support for the ÖDP is in Bavaria, where in federal state elections they have ...

(ÖDP) , align= 69,775 , align= 1.5 , align= 0.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 64,105 , align= 1.3 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 4,784,129 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 155 ! align= 9 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 67.6 ! align= 2.5 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

Ergebnisse der Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg 1996
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