1992 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 1992 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 5 April 1992 to elect the members of the 10th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Erwin Teufel lost its majority. The CDU suffered a 9.4% swing, mostly to the national conservative Republicans, who achieved their best result in a state election, placing third with 10.9%. After the election, the CDU formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Teufel was re-elected as Minister-President.

1992 Baden-Württemberg state election

← 1988 5 April 1992 1996 →

All 146 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,949,199 (70.1%)
Decrease 1.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Erwin Teufel Dieter Spöri Rolf Schlierer
Party CDU SPD REP
Last election 66 seats, 49.0% 42 seats, 32.0% 0 seats, 1.0%
Seats won 64 46 15
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 4 Increase 15
Popular vote 1,960,016 1,454,477 539,014
Percentage 39.6% 29.4% 10.9%
Swing Decrease 9.4% Decrease 2.6% Increase 9.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 10 seats, 7.9% 7 seats, 5.9%
Seats won 13 8
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1
Popular vote 467,781 291,199
Percentage 9.5% 5.9%
Swing Increase 1.6% Steady 0.0%

Results for the single-member constituencies.

Minister-President before election

Erwin Teufel
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Erwin Teufel
CDU

Parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1988 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Erwin Teufel 49.0%
66 / 125
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Dieter Spöri 32.0%
42 / 125
Grüne The Greens
Die Grünen
Green politics 7.9%
10 / 125
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 5.9%
7 / 125

Results

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Summary of the 5 April 1992 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,960,016 39.6  9.4 64  2 43.8
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,454,477 29.4  2.6 46  4 31.5
The Republicans (REP) 539,014 10.9  9.9 15  15 10.3
The Greens (Grüne) 467,781 9.5  1.6 13  3 8.9
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 291,199 5.9  0.0 8  1 5.5
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 93,604 1.9  0.5 0 ±0 0
National Democratic Party (NPD) 44,416 0.9  1.2 0 ±0 0
Others 64,247 2.0 0 ±0 0
Total 4,949,199 100.0 146  21
Voter turnout 70.1  1.7
Popular Vote
CDU
39.60%
SPD
29.39%
REP
10.89%
GRÜNE
9.45%
FDP
5.88%
Other
4.78%
Landtag seats
CDU
43.84%
SPD
31.51%
REP
10.27%
GRÜNE
8.90%
FDP
5.48%

Sources

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