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

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 Green 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

Parties

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

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

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

• Baden-Wuerttemberg Interior Ministry