2006 Baden-Württemberg state election

2006 Baden-Württemberg state election

26 March 2006
All 139 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	3,960,345 (53.4%) 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 6 7 Popular vote 1,748,781 996,095 Percentage 44.2% 25.2% Swing 0.6% 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 7 5 Popular vote 462,889 421,885 Percentage 11.7% 10.7% Swing 4.0% 2.6%
Minister-President before election Günther Oettinger CDU Elected Minister-President Günther Oettinger CDU

The 2006 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 26 March 2006 to elect the members of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. It was the 13th state election since the foundation of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. The Christian Democratic Union government improved its standing, but fell just short of a majority, winning 69 seats of the 70 required. The CDU subsequently formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party and continued in government under Minister-President Günther Oettinger.

Results

Summary of the 26 March 2006 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color|	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,748,781	44.2	0.6	69	6	49.7
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color|	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	996,095	25.2	8.1	38	7	27.3
bgcolor=Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color|	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	462,889	11.7	4.0	17	7	12.2
bgcolor=Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color|	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	421,885	10.7	2.6	15	5	10.8
bgcolor=Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color|	Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative (WASG)	121,875	3.1	New	0	New	0
bgcolor=Template:The Republicans (Germany)/meta/color|	The Republicans (REP)	100,079	2.5	1.9	0	±0	0
bgcolor=Template:Other/meta/color|	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

• Baden-Wuerttemberg Interior Ministry