The 1988 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 20 March 1988 to elect the members of the 9th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Lothar Späth was re-elected, retaining its majority. The overall results were not significantly different from the 1984 Baden-Württemberg state election, although all four major parties received a smaller proportion of the vote.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1984 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Lothar Späth 51.87% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Dieter Spöri 32.41% Grüne The Greens Green politics Birgitt Bender 8.01% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Walter Döring 7.17%
Results
| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 2,392,626 | align=right| 49.05 | align=right| 2.82 | align=right| 66 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 52.80 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 1,562,678 | align=right| 32.05 | align=right| 0.36 | align=right| 42 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 33.60 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 383,099 | align=right| 7.85 | align=right| 0.16 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 8.00 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 285,932 | align=right| 5.86 | align=right| 1.31 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 5.60 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 101,889 | align=right| 2.09 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | align=right| 69,823 | align=right| 1.43 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 46,904 | align=right| 0.96 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German Communist Party (DKP) | align=right| 11,406 | align=right| 0.23 | align=right| 0.06 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian League | align=right| 6,651 | align=right| 0.14 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Patriots for Germany | align=right| 4,757 | align=right| 0.10 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Centre Party | align=right| 1,185 | align=right| 0.02 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free German Workers' Party | align=right| 54 | align=right| 0.00 | align=right| 0.00 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 4,878,062 ! align=right| 98.87 ! align=right| ! align=right| 125 ! align=right| 1 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Invalid votes ! align=right| 55,784 ! align=right| 1.13 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| 4,949,199 ! align=right| 71.79 ! align=right| 0.07 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources Ergebnisse der Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg 1992