2001 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 2001 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 25 March 2001 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) under Minister-President Erwin Teufel was re-elected with an increased majority and continued in office.

2001 Baden-Württemberg state election
25 March 2001
All 128 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
65 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,530,763 (62.6%)
5.0%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Erwin Teufel Ute Vogt
Party CDU SPD
Last election 69 seats, 41.3% 39 seats, 25.1%
Seats won 63 45
Seat change 6 6
Popular vote 2,029,806 1,508,358
Percentage 44.8% 33.3%
Swing 3.5% 8.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Walter Döring Dieter Salomon
Party FDP Green
Last election 14 seats, 9.6% 19 seats, 12.1%
Seats won 10 10
Seat change 4 9
Popular vote 367,580 350,383
Percentage 8.1% 7.7%
Swing 1.5% 4.4%
Minister-President before election

Erwin Teufel
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Erwin Teufel
CDU

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1996 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Erwin Teufel 41.3%
69 / 155
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Ute Vogt 25.1%
39 / 155
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics Dieter Saloman 12.1%
19 / 155
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism Walter Döring 9.6%
14 / 155
REP The Republicans
Die Republikaner		 German nationalism 9.1%
14 / 155

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU SPD Grüne FDP REP Others Lead
2001 state election 25 Mar 2001 – 44.8 33.3 8.1 7.7 4.4 1.7 10.2
Forsa 12–17 Mar 2001 – 41 32 8 9 6 4 9
Infratest dimap 9–14 Mar 2001 1,004 41 35 8.5 8.5 5 2 6
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 5–8 Mar 2001 1,010 41 36 8 8 5 2 5
Infratest dimap 19–24 Feb 2001 1,000 39 35 8 10 5 3 4
Forsa 8–14 Feb 2001 1,018 39 31 10 10 6 4 8
Infratest dimap 18–23 Jan 2001 1,000 40 32 10 10 5 3 8
Infratest dimap 7–13 Dec 2000 1,000 42 32 9 10 4 3 10
Forsa 29 Nov–5 Dec 2000 1,006 40 30 10 10 6 4 10
Infratest dimap 12–17 Oct 2000 1,000 43 32 9 10 3 3 11
Infratest dimap 6–11 Jul 2000 1,000 44 31 9 9 4 3 13
Forsa 29 May–5 Jun 2000 1,001 42 28 8 12 6 4 12
Infratest dimap 5–10 Jan 2000 1,000 45 31 10 8 3 3 14
Infratest dimap 27 Sep–13 Oct 1999 1,000 49 27 9 7 4 4 22
Infratest dimap 27 Apr–19 May 1999 1,000 48 29 9 8 4 2 19
1996 state election 24 Mar 1996 – 41.3 25.1 12.1 9.6 9.1 2.8 16.2

Results

Summary of the 25 March 2001 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 2,029,806 44.8 3.5 63 6 49.2
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,508,358 33.3 8.2 45 6 35.1
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 367,580 8.1 1.5 10 4 7.8
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 350,383 7.7 4.4 10 9 7.8
The Republicans (REP) 198,534 4.4 4.7 0 14 0
Others 76,102 1.7 1.1 0 ±0 0
Total 4,530,763 100.0 128 27
Voter turnout 62.6 5.0
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 44.80%
SPD
 
 33.29%
F.D.P.
 
 8.11%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.73%
REP
 
 4.38%
Other
 
 1.68%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 49.22%
SPD
 
 35.16%
F.D.P.
 
 7.81%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 7.81%

Sources


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