1992 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 1992 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 5 April 1992 to elect the members of the 10th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Erwin Teufel lost its majority. The CDU suffered a 9.4% swing, mostly to the national conservative Republicans, who achieved their best result in a state election, placing third with 10.9%. After the election, the CDU formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Teufel was re-elected as Minister-President.

1992 Baden-Württemberg state election

5 April 1992
All 146 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,949,199 (70.1%) 1.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Erwin Teufel Dieter Spöri Rolf Schlierer Party CDU SPD REP Last election 66 seats, 49.0% 42 seats, 32.0% 0 seats, 1.0% Seats won 64 46 15 Seat change 2 4 15 Popular vote 1,960,016 1,454,477 539,014 Percentage 39.6% 29.4% 10.9% Swing 9.4% 2.6% 9.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green FDP Last election 10 seats, 7.9% 7 seats, 5.9% Seats won 13 8 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 467,781 291,199 Percentage 9.5% 5.9% Swing 1.6% 0.0%
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)	1988 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Erwin Teufel	49.0%	66 / 125
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Dieter Spöri	32.0%	42 / 125
	Grüne	The Greens Die Grünen	Green politics		7.9%	10 / 125
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism		5.9%	7 / 125

Results

Summary of the 5 April 1992 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,960,016	39.6	9.4	64	2	43.8
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1,454,477	29.4	2.6	46	4	31.5
	The Republicans (REP)	539,014	10.9	9.9	15	15	10.3
	The Greens (Grüne)	467,781	9.5	1.6	13	3	8.9
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	291,199	5.9	0.0	8	1	5.5
	Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)	93,604	1.9	0.5	0	±0	0
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	44,416	0.9	1.2	0	±0	0
	Others	64,247	2.0		0	±0	0
Total		4,949,199	100.0		146	21
Voter turnout			70.1	1.7

Popular Vote CDU   39.60% SPD   29.39% REP   10.89% GRÜNE   9.45% FDP   5.88% Other   4.78%

Landtag seats CDU   43.84% SPD   31.51% REP   10.27% GRÜNE   8.90% FDP   5.48%

Sources

• Ergebnisse der Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg 1992