The 2001 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 25 March 2001 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) under Minister-President Erwin Teufel was re-elected with an increased majority and continued in office.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1996 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Erwin Teufel 41.3% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Ute Vogt 25.1% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics Dieter Saloman 12.1% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Walter Döring 9.6% REP The Republicans German nationalism 9.1%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU SPD Grüne FDP REP Others Lead 2001 state election 25 Mar 2001 – 44.8 33.3 7.7 8.1 4.4 1.7 10.2 Forsa 12–17 Mar 2001 – 41 32 8 9 6 4 9 Infratest dimap 9–14 Mar 2001 1,004 41 35 8.5 8.5 5 2 6 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 5–8 Mar 2001 1,010 41 36 8 8 5 2 5 Infratest dimap 19–24 Feb 2001 1,000 39 35 8 10 5 3 4 Forsa 8–14 Feb 2001 1,018 39 31 10 10 6 4 8 Infratest dimap 18–23 Jan 2001 1,000 40 32 10 10 5 3 8 Infratest dimap 7–13 Dec 2000 1,000 42 32 9 10 4 3 10 Forsa 29 Nov–5 Dec 2000 1,006 40 30 10 10 6 4 10 Infratest dimap 12–17 Oct 2000 1,000 43 32 9 10 3 3 11 Infratest dimap 6–11 Jul 2000 1,000 44 31 9 9 4 3 13 Forsa 29 May–5 Jun 2000 1,001 42 28 8 12 6 4 12 Infratest dimap 5–10 Jan 2000 1,000 45 31 10 8 3 3 14 Infratest dimap 27 Sep–13 Oct 1999 1,000 49 27 9 7 4 4 22 Infratest dimap 27 Apr–19 May 1999 1,000 48 29 9 8 4 2 19 1996 state election 24 Mar 1996 – 41.3 25.1 12.1 9.6 9.1 2.8 16.2
Results
|colspan="8" | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 2,029,806 | align=right| 44.8 | align=right| 3.5 | align=right| 63 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 49.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 1,508,358 | align=right| 33.3 | align=right| 8.2 | align=right| 45 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 35.1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 367,580 | align=right| 8.1 | align=right| 1.5 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 7.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 350,383 | align=right| 7.7 | align=right| 4.4 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 9 | align=right| 7.8 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 198,534 | align=right| 4.4 | align=right| 4.7 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 14 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 76,102 | align=right| 1.7 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 4,530,763 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 128 ! align=right| 27 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 62.6 ! align=right| 5.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources The Federal Returning Officer