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.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1992 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Erwin Teufel 39.6% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Dieter Spöri 29.4% REP The Republicans German nationalism Rolf Schlierer 10.9% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics 9.5% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Walter Döring 5.9%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CDU SPD REP Grüne FDP Others Lead 1996 state election 24 Mar 1996 – 41.3 25.1 9.1 12.1 9.6 2.8 16.2 Infratest Burke 4–15 Mar 1996 1,508 42 30.5 4.5 14 6 3 11.5 Infratest Burke 1–8 Feb 1996 1,002 45 27 4 14 6 4 18 Infratest Burke 4–14 Jan 1996 1,003 43 26 4 17 6 4 17 Infratest Burke 9–17 Nov 1995 1,005 43 26 3 18 4 6 17 1992 state election 5 Apr 1992 – 39.6 29.4 10.9 9.5 5.9 4.8 10.2
Results
| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 1,974,619 | align=right| 41.3 | align=right| 1.7 | align=right| 69 | align=right| 5 | align=right| 44.5 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 1,199,123 | align=right| 25.1 | align=right| 4.3 | align=right| 39 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 25.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 580,801 | align=right| 12.1 | align=right| 2.5 | align=right| 19 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 12.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 458,478 | align=right| 9.6 | align=right| 3.7 | align=right| 14 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 9.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 437,228 | align=right| 9.1 | align=right| 1.8 | align=right| 14 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 9.0 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | align=right| 69,775 | align=right| 1.5 | align=right| 0.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 64,105 | align=right| 1.3 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 4,784,129 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 155 ! align=right| 9 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 67.6 ! align=right| 2.5 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources Ergebnisse der Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg 1996