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.
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 Christian democracy Günther Oettinger 44.8% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Ute Vogt 33.3% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Ulrich Goll 8.1% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics Winfried Kretschmann 7.7%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize 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 Leipzig 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 Leipzig 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 Leipzig 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
|colspan="8" | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 1,748,781 | align=right| 44.2 | align=right| 0.6 | align=right| 69 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 49.7 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 996,095 | align=right| 25.2 | align=right| 8.1 | align=right| 38 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 27.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 462,889 | align=right| 11.7 | align=right| 4.0 | align=right| 17 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 12.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 421,885 | align=right| 10.7 | align=right| 2.6 | align=right| 15 | align=right| 5 | align=right| 10.8 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=#FF8000| | align=left | Labour and Social Justice – The Electoral Alternative (WASG) | align=right| 121,875 | align=right| 3.1 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 100,079 | align=right| 2.5 | align=right| 1.9 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 108,741 | align=right| 2.6 | align=right| 0.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 3,960,345 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 139 ! align=right| 11 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 53.4 ! align=right| 9.2 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
References Baden-Wuerttemberg Interior Ministry