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
Turnout	4,530,763 (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

• The Federal Returning Officer