The 1968 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 28 April 1968 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Hans Filbinger was re-elected.
History Following the 1964 Baden-Württemberg state, the Christian Democratic Union had formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party, with Kurt Georg Kiesinger as Minister-President. On December 1, 1966, Kiesinger became Chancellor of West Germany, and was replaced as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg by Hans Filbinger. In the same year the governing coalition was dissolved. It was replaced by a grand coalition containing the CDU and the Social Democratic Party.
The election took place shortly after the attempted assassination of Rudi Dutschke on April 11, 1968. The poor performance of the SPD in the election was in part attributed to the protests and riots that broke out after the assassination attempt. The neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany also won almost ten percent of the vote and twelve seats in the Landtag. To date, this is the party's best result in any German state or federal election.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
Name Ideology Leader(s) 1964 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Hans Filbinger 46.18% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Walter Krause 37.30% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 13.05%
Results
| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 1,718,261 | align=right| 44.23 | align=right| 1.95 | align=right| 60 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 47.24% |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 1,124,696 | align=right| 28.95 | align=right| 8.35 | align=right| 37 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 29.13% |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 560,145 | align=right| 14.42 | align=right| 1.37 | align=right| 18 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 14.17% |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) | align=right| 381,569 | align=right| 9.42 | align=right| New | align=right| 12 | align=right| New | align=right| 9.45 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Democratic Left | align=right| 88,187 | align=right| 2.27 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=#F0C219| | align=left | Action Group of Independent Germans | align=right| 11,030 | align=right| 0.29 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Social Union | align=right| 441 | align=right| 0.01 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 3,884,647 ! align=right| 97.84 ! align=right| ! align=right| 127 ! align=right| 7 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Invalid votes ! align=right| 85,895 ! align=right| 2.16 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| 3,970,542 ! align=right| 70.75 ! align=right| 3.01 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
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