The 1980 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 16 March 1980 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Lothar Späth was re-elected, retaining its majority. The election also marked the first time that the Greens were elected at either the state or federal level in Germany after being established as a nationwide party in January 1980, having previously secured four seats in Bremen's October 1979 election.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1980 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Lothar Späth 56.72% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Erhard Eppler 33.29% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Jürgen Morlok 7.80% Grüne The Greens Green politics Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever N/A Did not exist
Results
| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 2,407,798 | align=right| 53.35 | align=right| 3.37 | align=right| 68 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 54.84 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 1,468,873 | align=right| 32.55 | align=right| 0.71 | align=right| 40 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 33.06 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 374,633 | align=right| 8.30 | align=right| 0.50 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 8.26 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 241,303 | align=right| 5.35 | align=right| 5.35 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 4.96 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German Communist Party (DKP) | align=right| 11,738 | align=right| 0.26 | align=right| 0.20 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 2,341 | align=right| 0.05 | align=right| 0.85 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Communist League | align=right| 2,076 | align=right| 0.05 | align=right| 0.05 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | European Workers' Party | align=right| 152 | align=right| 0.00 | align=right| 0.00 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free German Workers' Party | align=right| 69 | align=right| 0.00 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 4,513,009 ! align=right| 99.20 ! align=right| ! align=right| 124 ! align=right| 3 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Invalid votes ! align=right| 36,454 ! align=right| 0.80 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| 4,549,463 ! align=right| 71.99 ! align=right| 3.46 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
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