1976 Baden-Württemberg state election

1976 Baden-Württemberg state election
4 April 1976
All 121 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
61 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,596,810 (75.45%)
Decrease4.55%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hans Filbinger Erhard Eppler Jürgen Morlok
Party CDU SPD FDP
Last election 65 seats, 52.92% 45 seats, 37.56% 10 seats, 8.94%
Seats won 71 41 9
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 4 Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,573,147 1,510,012 353,754
Percentage 56.72% 33.29% 7.80%
Swing Increase 3.80% Decrease 4.27% Decrease 1.14%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Hans Filbinger
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Hans Filbinger
CDU

The 1976 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 4 April 1976 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Hans Filbinger was re-elected, retaining its majority.

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1972 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Hans Filbinger 52.92%
65 / 120
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Erhard Eppler 37.56%
45 / 120
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei 		Classical liberalism Jürgen Morlok 8.94%
10 / 120

Results

Summary of the 4 April 1976 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg[1][2]
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 2,573,147 56.72 Increase3.80 71 Increase6 58.68
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,510,012 33.29 Decrease4.27 41 Decrease4 33.88
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 353,754 7.80 Decrease1.14 9 Decrease1 7.44
National Democratic Party (NPD) 42,927 0.95 New 0 ±0 0
European Federalist Party 29,580 0.65 New 0 ±0 0
German Communist Party (DKP) 18,762 0.46 Steady0.00 0 ±0 0
Communist League 5,751 0.13 New 0 ±0 0
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Aufbauorganisation) 296 0.00 New 0 ±0 0
German Peace Union 557 0.00 Steady0.00 0 ±0 0
European Workers' Party 191 0.00 New 0 ±0 0
Justice Party 178 0.00 New 0 ±0 0
Spartacusbund 94 0.00 New 0 ±0 0
Total 4,536,515 98.69 121 Increase1
Invalid votes 60,295 1.31
Voter turnout 4,596,810 75.45 Decrease4.55

References

  1. ^ "Deutschland seit 1945 Landtagswahlen Land Baden-Württemberg". wahlen-in-deutschland.de (in German). 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  2. ^ "Endgültige Ergebnisse der Wahl zum Landtag von Baden-Württemberg am 4. April 1976" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 1976-04-28. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.