2006 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 2006 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Günther Oettinger was re-elected with an increased majority and continued in office.

2006 Baden-Württemberg state election

← 2001 26 March 2006 2011 →

All 139 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,960,345 (53.4%)
Decrease 9.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Günther Oettinger Ute Vogt
Party CDU SPD
Last election 63 seats, 44.8% 45 seats, 33.3%
Seats won 69 38
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 7
Popular vote 1,748,781 996,095
Percentage 44.2% 25.2%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Decrease 8.1%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 10 seats, 7.7% 10 seats, 8.1%
Seats won 17 15
Seat change Increase 7 Increase 5
Popular vote 462,889 421,885
Percentage 11.7% 10.7%
Swing Increase 4.0% Increase 2.6%

Results for the single-member constituencies.

Minister-President before election

Günther Oettinger
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Günther Oettinger
CDU

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2001 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Günther Oettinger 44.8%
63 / 128
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Ute Vogt 33.3%
45 / 128
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 8.1%
10 / 128
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Green politics 7.7%
10 / 128

Opinion polling

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
CDU SPD FDP Grüne WASG Others Lead
2006 state election 26 Mar 2006 44.2 25.2 10.7 11.7 3.1 5.3 19.0
Emnid 7–18 Mar 2006 1,000 45 29 9 10 2 5 16
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 13–16 Mar 2006 ~1,000 45 30 8 10 3 4 15
Infratest dimap 13–15 Mar 2006 1,000 46 28 9 10 2 5 16
IfM Leipzig 13–15 Mar 2006 1,008 43 31 9 10 2 5 12
Infratest dimap 28 Feb–1 Mar 2006 1,000 46 29 8 10 3 4 17
IfM Leizpig 6–8 Feb 2006 1,001 49 30 8 7 2 4 19
Infratest dimap 30 Jan–1 Feb 2006 1,000 45 29 9 9 4 4 16
Allensbach 28 Sep–13 Oct 2005 ~1,000 45.0 30.0 8.5 8.5 4 4.0 15.0
IfM Leizpig 16–18 Nov 2004 1,000 49 29 6 10 6 20
Forsa 29–30 Oct 2004 1,002 50 28 6 9 7 22
IfM Leizpig 19 Oct 2004 1,008 49 27 7 13 4 22
Emnid 17 Oct 2004 ? 49 26 7 15 3 23
Infratest dimap 23–26 Jul 2004 1,004 48 23 6 17 6 25
Allensbach 5–17 Jun 2004 1,000 50.5 25.0 7.0 11.5 6.0 25.5
Infratest dimap 1–6 Jun 2004 1,004 51 26 7 12 4 25
Infratest dimap 12 Feb 2004 ? 52 26 8 11 3 26
Allensbach 12–25 Sep 2003 ? 52 25 7 11 5 27
Allensbach 3–7 Feb 2003 1,100 54 24 8 10 4 30
2001 state election 25 Mar 2001 44.8 33.3 8.1 7.7 6.1 10.2

Results

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Summary of the 26 March 2006 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
 
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,748,781 44.2  0.6 69  6 49.7
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 996,095 25.2  8.1 38  7 27.3
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 462,889 11.7  4.0 17  7 12.2
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 421,885 10.7  2.6 15  5 10.8
Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative (WASG) 121,875 3.1 New 0 New 0
The Republicans (REP) 100,079 2.5  1.9 0 ±0 0
Others 108,741 2.6  0.0 0 ±0 0
Total 3,960,345 100.0 139  11
Voter turnout 53.4  9.2
Popular Vote
CDU
44.16%
SPD
25.15%
B'90/GRÜNE
11.69%
FDP
10.65%
WASG
3.08%
REP
2.53%
Other
2.75%
Landtag seats
CDU
49.64%
SPD
27.34%
B'90/GRÜNE
12.23%
FDP
10.79%

References

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