The politics of Baden-Württemberg takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Baden-Württemberg. Since 1948 politics in the state has been dominated by the rightist Christian Democratic Union (CDU). However, in the 2011 election the CDU lost its majority in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg and since various coalitions were formed by the Green leader Winfried Kretschmann.
History pre-1952 The minister-presidents of Baden-Württemberg's predecessor states were:
State Period Minister-President Party Württemberg-Hohenzollern 1945–47 Carlo Schmid SPD 1947–48 Lorenz Bock CDU 1948–52 Gebhard Müller CDU Württemberg-Baden 1946–52 Reinhold Maier DVP, then FDP South Baden 1946–52 Leo Wohleb CDU
Prior to the Second World War and the regime of Nazi Germany from 1933, the largest party in both the Republic of Baden and the Free People's State of Württemberg was the Catholic Centre Party.
The leaders of the government of the Republic of Baden:
Period Minister-President Party 1918–20 Anton Geiß SPD 1920–21 Gustav Trunk Centre 1921–22 Hermann Hummel DDP 1922–23 Adam Remmele SPD 1923–24 Heinrich Franz Köhler Centre 1924–25 Willy Hellpach DDP 1925–26 Gustav Trunk Centre 1926–27 Heinrich Franz Köhler Centre Feb 1927 – Nov 1927 Gustav Trunk Centre Nov 1927 – 1928 Adam Remmele SPD 1928–30 Josef Schmitt Centre 1930–31 Franz Josef Wittemann Centre 1931–33 Josef Schmitt Centre
The leaders of the government of Württemberg 1918 – 1933:
Minister-presidents since 1952
Since the creation of the state in 1952, the state's minister-presidents have been:
Period Minister-president Party Coalition 1952–53 Reinhold Maier FDP FDP–SPD 1953–58 Gebhard Müller CDU CDU–SPD–FDP 1958–60 Kurt Georg Kiesinger CDU CDU–SPD–FDP 1960–66 CDU CDU–FDP 1966–72 Hans Filbinger CDU CDU–SPD 1972–78 CDU CDU 1978–91 Lothar Späth CDU CDU 1991–92 Erwin Teufel CDU CDU 1992–96 CDU CDU–SPD 1996–05 CDU CDU–FDP 2005–10 Günther Oettinger CDU CDU–FDP 2010–11 Stefan Mappus CDU CDU–FDP 2011–16 Winfried Kretschmann Greens Greens–SPD 2016-21 Greens Greens–CDU 2021- Greens Greens–CDU
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg Party strength in the Landtag Election yearTotalseatsSeats wonCDUSPDFDPBHEGrüneREPAfDKPDNPD1952121503823641956120563621719601215244187196412059471419681276037181219721206545101976121714191980124684010619841266841891988125664271019921466446813151996155693914191420011286345101020061396938151720111386035736201614342191247232021154421918581720261575695635
In October 2024, polls estimate that if there were an election at that time, AfD and Grüne would be roughly equal in size, and FDP would fall to 5%. CDU would be the largest party.
Legislative compositions
State election results maps
Constituencies in the Landtag NoConstituencyMember202620212016201120062001199619921988198419801976 1 Stuttgart I Muhterem Aras Green Green Green Green SPD CDU 2 Stuttgart II Cem Özdemir Green Green Green Green CDU 3 Stuttgart III Oliver Hildenbrand Green Green Green CDU 4 Stuttgart IV Petra Olschowski Green Green Green Green SPD SPD CDU 5 Böblingen Regina Dvořák-Vučetić Green Green 6 Leonberg Albrecht Stickel Green Green CDU 7 Esslingen Andreas Deuschle Green Green CDU 8 Kirchheim Natalie Pfau-Weller Green Green CDU 9 Nürtingen Maren Steege Green Green CDU 10 Göppingen Sarah Schweizer Green Green CDU 11 Geislingen Nicole Razavi CDU 12 Ludwigsburg Lukas Tietze Green Green CDU 13 Vaihingen Konrad Epple Green Green CDU 14 Bietigheim-Bissingen Tobias Vogt Green Green CDU 15 Waiblingen Siegfried Lorek Green Green CDU 16 Schorndorf Christian Gehring Green Green CDU 17 Backnang Jens Steinat Green CDU 18 Heilbronn Thomas Strobl Green Green SPD SPD CDU 19 Eppingen Michael Preusch Green CDU 20 Neckarsulm Isabell Huber Green CDU 21 Hohenlohe Tim Breitkreuz Green CDU 22 Schwäbisch Hall Tim Breitkreuz Green Green CDU 23 Main-Tauber Wolfgang Reinhart CDU 24 Heindenheim Michael Kolb Green Green CDU 25 Schwäbisch Gmünd Tim Bückner Green CDU 26 Aalen Winfried Mack CDU 27 Karlsruhe I Ute Leidig Green Green Green SPD CDU 28 Karlsruhe II Benjamin Bauer Green Green Green SPD CDU 29 Bruchsal Thorsten Schwarz CDU 30 Bretten Ansgar Mayr Green Green CDU 31 Ettlingen Lorenzo Saladino Green Green CDU 32 Rastatt Alexander Becker Green Green CDU 33 Baden-Baden Cornelia von Loga Green Green CDU 34 Heidelberg Florian Kollmann Green Green Green Green SPD CDU 35 Mannheim I Bernhadr Pepperl AfD Green AfD CDU Created for 1992 election 36 Mannheim II Elke Zimmer Green Green Green Green CDU Created for 1992 election 37 Wiesloch Christiane Staab Green CDU Created for 1992 election 38 Neckar-Odenwald Peter Hauk CDU 39 Weinheim Bastian Schneider Green Green CDU 40 Schwetzingen Andreas Sturm Green Green CDU 41 Sinsheim Albrecht Schütte Green Green CDU 42 Pforzheim Andreas Renner Green AfD CDU 43 Calw Carl-Christian Hirsch CDU 44 Enz Nico Gunzelmann Green Green CDU 45 Freudenstadt Katrin Schindele CDU 46 Freiburg I Daniela Ever Green Green Green Green CDU 47 Freiburg II Nadyne Saint-Cast Green Green Green Green SPD SPD SPD SPD SPD CDU 48 Breisgau Patrick Rapp Green Green CDU 49 Emmendingen Stefanie Wernet Green Green CDU 50 Lahr Marion Gentges Green Green CDU 51 Offenburg Volker Schebesta Green Green CDU 52 Kehl Katrin Merkel Green CDU 53 Rottweil Stefan Teufel CDU 54 Villingen-Schwenningen Andreas Braun Green Green CDU 55 Tuttlingen-Donaueschingen Guido Wolf CDU 56 Konstanz Nese Erikli Green Green Green Green CDU 57 Singen Christoph Stetter Green Green CDU 58 Lörrach Sarah Hagmann Green Green Green SPD SPD CDU 59 Waldshut Simon Herzog Green CDU 60 Reutlingen Maximilian Menton Green Green CDU 61 Hechingen-Münsingen Manuel Hailfinger Green CDU 62 Tübingen Daniel Lede Abal Green Green Green Green CDU 63 Balingen Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut CDU 64 Ulm Mario Schneider Green Green CDU 65 Ehingen Manuel Hagel CDU 66 Biberach Thomas Dörflinger CDU 67 Bodensee Alexander Bruns Green Green CDU 68 Wangen Raimund Haser Green CDU 69 Ravensburg Antje Rommelspacher Green Green CDU 70 Sigmaringen Ilona Boos Green Green CDU
Constituencies in the Bundestag NoConstituencyMember2021Voters20172013200920052002199819941990 258 Stuttgart I Cem Özdemir Grüne 191,811 SPD CDU 259 Stuttgart II Maximilian Mörseburg 178,958 SPD SPD SPD CDU 260 Böblingen Marc Biadacz 245,553 CDU 261 Esslingen Markus Grübel 166,628 SPD CDU 262 Nürtingen Michael Hennrich 205,967 CDU 263 Göppingen Hermann Färber 177,107 CDU 264 Waiblingen Christina Stumpp 221,775 CDU 265 Ludwigsburg Steffen Bilger 215,312 CDU 266 Neckar-Zaber Fabian Gramling 230,738 SPD CDU 267 Heilbronn Alexander Throm 240,951 CDU 268 Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe Christian von Stetten 225,874 CDU 269 Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd Ingeborg Gräßle 177,062 CDU 270 Aalen - Heidenheim Roderich Kiesewetter 220,686 CDU 271 Karlsruhe-Stadt Zoe Mayer Grüne 205,608 SPD SPD CDU 272 Karlsruhe-Land Nicolas Zippelius 209,147 CDU 273 Rastatt Kai Whittaker 204,890 CDU 274 Heidelberg Franziska Brantner Grüne 218,431 SPD SPD CDU 275 Mannheim Isabel Cademartori SPD 196,863 SPD SPD SPD CDU SPD 276 Odenwald - Tauber Nina Warken 209,418 CDU 277 Rhein-Neckar Moritz Oppelt 196,882 CDU 278 Bruchsal - Schwetzingen Olav Gutting 195,755 CDU Created for 2002 election 279 Pforzheim Gunther Krichbaum 217,126 SPD CDU 280 Calw Klaus Mack 199,092 CDU 281 Freiburg Chantal Kopf Grüne 224,392 SPD SPD SPD SPD CDU 282 Lörrach - Müllheim Diana Stöcker 231,076 SPD SPD SPD CDU 283 Emmendingen - Lahr Yannick Bury 218,872 CDU 284 Offenburg Vacant 205,893 CDU 285 Rottweil - Tuttlingen Maria-Lena Weiss 198,182 CDU 286 Schwarzwald-Baar Thorsten Frei 162,800 CDU 287 Konstanz Andreas Jung 206,009 CDU 288 Waldshut Felix Schreiner 177,275 CDU 289 Reutlingen Michael Donth 199,189 CDU 290 Tübingen Annette Widmann-Mauz 198,791 SPD CDU 291 Ulm Ronja Kemmer 223,376 CDU 292 Biberach Josef Rief 169,147 CDU 293 Bodensee Volker Mayer-Lay 174,430 CDUCreated for 2009 election 294 Ravensburg Axel Müller 187,817 CDUCreated for 2009 election 295 Zollernalb - Sigmaringen Thomas Bareiß 182,648 CDU
See also Elections in Baden-Württemberg
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