State election in Baden-Württemberg 1996
The state elections in Baden-Württemberg in 1996 took place on March 24th. The state parliament was elected for the first time for a period of five years. Due to slight gains in votes in the CDU and strong gains in the FDP / DVP , a black-yellow coalition was subsequently formed. The SPD suffered heavy losses. The Republicans unexpectedly returned to the state parliament.
initial situation
After the state elections in 1992 , neither a black-yellow nor a red-green coalition had a majority. Despite heavy losses, the CDU remained the strongest party. The Republicans made it into the state parliament for the first time and immediately became the third strongest force. After the election, a grand coalition of CDU and SPD was formed under the leadership of CDU Prime Minister Erwin Teufel .
Election campaign
During the election campaign, the FDP / DVP clearly offered itself to the CDU as a “better” coalition partner than the SPD. As in 1992, Prime Minister Erwin Teufel was the top candidate of the CDU and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economics Dieter Spöri was the top candidate of the SPD. Part of the SPD election campaign was taken over by the federal chairman and Saarland Prime Minister Oskar Lafontaine . On his initiative, the SPD demanded massive immigration restrictions for emigrants , which the Republicans also adopted as an issue. Before the European elections in 1994, the SPD had already tried to score points with right-wing issues and lost each time.
78 percent of the voters named unemployment as one of the two biggest problems in the country, old age / care and environmental protection were named by 18 percent, foreigners problems by 14 percent and school / education by 2 percent. 55 percent were satisfied with the economic situation in the state, 72 percent considered the economic situation in Baden-Württemberg to be the best in West Germany.
Election result
The result was the following:
Eligible voters | 7,189,906 |
Voters | 4,859,305 |
voter turnout | 67.6% |
Valid votes | 4,784,129 (98.5%) |
Invalid votes | 75,176 (1.5%) |
Political party | agree completely |
Votes in% |
County election forward proposals |
First mandates |
Second mandates |
Total seats |
Seats 1992 |
differ- ence |
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CDU | 1,974,619 | 41.3 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 64 | +5 | |
SPD | 1.199.123 | 25.1 | 70 | 1 | 38 | 39 | 46 | −7 |
GREEN | 580,801 | 12.1 | 70 | 19th | 19th | 13 | +6 | |
FDP / DVP | 458.478 | 9.6 | 70 | 14th | 14th | 8th | +6 | |
REP | 437.228 | 9.1 | 70 | 14th | 14th | 15th | −1 | |
ÖDP | 69,775 | 1.5 | 70 | |||||
PBC | 23,250 | 0.5 | 42 | |||||
GRAY | 12,171 | 0.3 | 19th | |||||
Animal welfare party | 10,512 | 0.2 | 12 | |||||
NATURAL LAW | 6,184 | 0.1 | 16 | |||||
NOT VOTERS | 1,863 | 0.0 | 2 | |||||
DKP | 1,794 | 0.0 | 7th | |||||
CM | 1,146 | 0.0 | 3 | |||||
APD | 571 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||
BüSo | 551 | 0.0 | 4th | |||||
DPD | 440 | 0.0 | 3 | |||||
BGD | 416 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||
CPD | 310 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||
Individual applicants | 4,897 | 0.1 | 8th |
Stuttgart administrative district |
Region of Karlsruhe |
Freiburg administrative district |
Administrative region of Tübingen |
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Number / votes |
% | County election forward proposals |
Direct MAN date |
Seats | Number / votes |
% | County election forward proposals |
Direct MAN date |
Seats | Number / votes |
% | County election forward proposals |
Direct MAN date |
Seats | Number / votes |
% | County election forward proposals |
Direct MAN date |
Seats | |
Eligible voters | 2,633,008 | 1,864,340 | 1,490,483 | 1,202,075 | ||||||||||||||||
Voters | 1,841,741 | 69.9 | 1,238,303 | 66.4 | 966.010 | 64.8 | 813.251 | 67.7 | ||||||||||||
Valid votes | 1,816,856 | 98.6 | 1,216,784 | 98.3 | 949,520 | 98.3 | 800,969 | 98.5 | ||||||||||||
CDU | 688.812 | 37.9 | 26th | 26th | 26th | 509.238 | 41.9 | 19th | 18th | 18th | 414.980 | 43.7 | 14th | 14th | 14th | 361,589 | 45.1 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
SPD | 469,666 | 25.9 | 26th | 17th | 328,566 | 27.0 | 19th | 1 | 11 | 236.919 | 25.0 | 14th | 7th | 163.972 | 20.5 | 11 | 4th | |||
Green | 216,461 | 11.9 | 26th | 8th | 140.974 | 11.6 | 19th | 4th | 123,594 | 13.0 | 14th | 4th | 99,772 | 12.5 | 11 | 3 | ||||
FDP / DVP | 199.027 | 11.0 | 26th | 7th | 103.960 | 8.5 | 19th | 3 | 81,451 | 8.6 | 14th | 2 | 74.040 | 9.2 | 11 | 2 | ||||
REP | 195.208 | 10.7 | 26th | 7th | 109.134 | 9.0 | 19th | 3 | 61,475 | 6.5 | 14th | 2 | 71,411 | 8.9 | 11 | 2 | ||||
ÖDP | 21,805 | 1.2 | 26th | 13,821 | 1.1 | 19th | 14,242 | 1.5 | 14th | 19,907 | 2.5 | 11 | ||||||||
PBC | 9,081 | 0.5 | 17th | 5,104 | 0.4 | 7th | 6,303 | 0.7 | 12 | 2,762 | 0.3 | 6th | ||||||||
Gray ones | 6,173 | 0.3 | 10 | 1,812 | 0.1 | 3 | 739 | 0.1 | 1 | 3,447 | 0.4 | 5 | ||||||||
Animal welfare party | 3,942 | 0.2 | 5 | - | 5,411 | 0.6 | 6th | 1,159 | 0.1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Natural law | 3.131 | 0.2 | 9 | 298 | 0.0 | 1 | 497 | 0.1 | 1 | 2,258 | 0.3 | 5 | ||||||||
Non-voters | - | - | 1,863 | 0.2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
DKP | 831 | 0.0 | 4th | 963 | 0.1 | 3 | - | - | ||||||||||||
CM | 663 | 0.0 | 2 | - | 483 | 0.1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
APD | 571 | 0.0 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
BüSo | 551 | 0.0 | 4th | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
DPD | 237 | 0.0 | 2 | - | 203 | 0.0 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||
BGD | - | - | 416 | 0.0 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||
CPD | - | 310 | 0.0 | 1 | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Individual applicants | 697 | 0.0 | 3 | 2,604 | 0.2 | 3 | 944 | 0.1 | 1 | 652 | 0.1 | 1 | ||||||||
Overhang and compensation mandates |
CDU: 8 overhang mandates SPD: 5 compensation mandates Greens: 2 compensation mandates FDP: 2 compensation mandates REP: 2 compensation mandates |
CDU: 5 overhang seats. SPD: 2 compensation seats |
CDU: 3 overhang mandates SPD: 1 compensation mandate Greens: 1 compensation mandate REP: 1 compensation mandate |
CDU: 2 overhang seats Greens: 1 compensation seat |
The CDU remained by far the strongest party, was able to improve its result for the first time since 1976 and came back over 40 percent with an increase of 1.7 percentage points. The SPD continued its downward trend since 1972 and suffered heavy losses with a minus of 4.3%. The Greens clearly won with 2.6 percentage points. The FDP / DVP won the most, achieving an increase of 3.7 percentage points compared to 1992. The Republicans, which entered the state parliament as the third largest party in 1992, lost 1.8 percentage points and thus only became the fifth strongest party, but managed to return to the state parliament and with 14 seats had the same number of seats as the FDP / DVP. The state parliament of Baden-Württemberg was the only state parliament in which the republicans were represented; therefore the election was of great importance both for the party and for the federal party chairman and parliamentary group leader Rolf Schlierer .
The CDU was able to expand its strongholds again compared to 1992, while the SPD strongholds remained unchanged. The SPD did best in densely populated areas. The FDP / DVP was strongest in the Stuttgart region and in Schwäbisch Hall and achieved far higher results in Protestant areas than in Catholic areas. The green strongholds traditionally remained the university towns, in which the CDU and REP achieved particularly low results, while conversely in the CDU strongholds the Greens performed particularly poorly. As in 1992, the Republicans had their strongholds in the northern Black Forest and in the Heilbronn area, and achieved far higher results in Protestant areas than in Catholic areas, especially in regions with a high proportion of foreigners.
Government formation
Thanks to the gains made by both parties, a black-yellow coalition received a clear majority 30 years after the last government in this form. Subsequently, the CDU and FDP / DVP formed the Teufel III cabinet .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c State Statistical Office: Final results of the election to the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg on March 24, 1996 (PDF; 11.6 MB)
- ↑ Open up, close your eyes . In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 1996 ( online ). Quote: “Oskar Lafontaine's failure against the Russian Germans triggered outrage in the country. Truths at the regulars' table replace political actions, not only by Lafontaine, not only during the election campaign. The parties capitulate to the complicated problems and take refuge in populism. "
- ^ Großbongardt: SPD: Success in the people . In: Der Spiegel . No. 31 , 1997 ( online ).
- ^ Fred Ludwig Sepaintner: Formation of political will in the southwest - 50 years of state elections in Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved December 18, 2010 .
- ↑ Steffen Kailitz : Political Extremism in the Federal Republic of Germany . An introduction. 1st edition. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-531-14193-7 , 3.4, p. 50 f . ( books.google.de ).