State election in Baden-Württemberg in 1956
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50
40
30th
20th
10
0
42.6
28.9
16.6
6.3
3.2
1.6
0.8
Gains and losses
Remarks:
d 1952 BHE
The state elections in Baden-Württemberg in 1956 took place on March 4th. The KPD took part in a state election in Germany for the last time before it was banned in the summer of that year . The all-party coalition led by Prime Minister Gebhard Müller was continued.
Starting position
The CDU was in the opposition until 1953 . FDP / DVP, SPD and GB / BHE had a coalition government under Prime Minister Reinhold Maier ( FDP / DVP ) formed . After September 30, 1953, a “quasi-all-party coalition” was led under Prime Minister Gebhard Müller (CDU) ; only the KPD was not involved in the government.
Result
Political party | be right | proportion of | Seats | Direct mandates |
Seats 1952 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CDU | 1,392,635 | 42.64% | 56 | 48 | 50 |
SPD | 942.732 | 28.86% | 36 | 20th | 38 |
FDP / DVP | 541.221 | 16.57% | 21st | 2 | 23 |
GB / BHE | 204,335 | 6.26% | 7th | 6th | |
KPD | 104,652 | 3.20% | 4th | ||
GVP | 50,618 | 1.55% | |||
BdD | 18,077 | 0.55% | |||
DG | 11,747 | 0.36% | |||
Individual applicants | 152 | 0.01% | |||
valid votes |
3,266,169 |
100.00% 98.68% |
120 |
70 |
121 |
invalid votes | 62,691 | 1.32% | |||
Voter turnout |
3,328,860 |
100.00% 70.25% |
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Non-voters | 1,409,530 | 29.75% | |||
Eligible voters | 4,738,390 | 100.00% |
Parliament and state politics after the election
See:
- List of members of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg (2nd electoral term)
- Cabinet Müller II (Baden-Württemberg)
- Cabinet Kiesinger I