Politics of Baden-Württemberg

The politics of Baden-Württemberg takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Baden-Württemberg. Since 1948 politics in the state has been dominated by the rightist Christian Democratic Union (CDU). However, in the 2011 election the CDU lost its majority in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg and since various coalitions were formed by the Green leader Winfried Kretschmann.

History pre-1952

The Minister-Presidents of Baden-Württemberg's predecessor states were:

State	Period	Minister-President	Party
Württemberg-Hohenzollern	1945–47	Carlo Schmid	SPD
	1947–48	Lorenz Bock	CDU
	1948–52	Gebhard Müller	CDU
Württemberg-Baden	1946–52	Reinhold Maier	DVP, then FDP
South Baden	1946–52	Leo Wohleb	CDU

Prior to the Second World War and the regime of Nazi Germany from 1933, the largest party in both the Republic of Baden and the Free People's State of Württemberg was the Catholic Centre Party.

The leaders of the government of the Republic of Baden:

Period	Minister-President	Party
1918–20	Anton Geiß	SPD
1920–21	Gustav Trunk	Centre
1921–22	Hermann Hummel	DDP
1922–23	Adam Remmele	SPD
1923–24	Heinrich Franz Köhler	Centre
1924–25	Willy Hellpach	DDP
1925–26	Gustav Trunk	Centre
1926–27	Heinrich Franz Köhler	Centre
Feb 1927 – Nov 1927	Gustav Trunk	Centre
Nov 1927 – 1928	Adam Remmele	SPD
1928–30	Josef Schmitt	Centre
1930–31	Franz Josef Wittemann	Centre
1931–33	Josef Schmitt	Centre

The leaders of the government of Württemberg 1918 – 1933:

Main article: List of Minister-Presidents of Württemberg

Minister Presidents since 1952

Winfried Kretschmann, incumbent Minister President

The Baden-Württemberg state parliament building

Since the creation of the state in 1952, the state's Minister-presidents have been:

Period	Minister-president	Party	Coalition
1952–53	Reinhold Maier	FDP	FDP–SPD
1953–58	Gebhard Müller	CDU	CDU–SPD–FDP
1958–60	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	CDU	CDU–SPD–FDP
1960–66		CDU	CDU–FDP
1966–72	Hans Filbinger	CDU	CDU–SPD
1972–78		CDU	CDU
1978–91	Lothar Späth	CDU	CDU
1991–92	Erwin Teufel	CDU	CDU
1992–96		CDU	CDU–SPD
1996–05		CDU	CDU–FDP
2005–10	Günther Oettinger	CDU	CDU–FDP
2010–11	Stefan Mappus	CDU	CDU–FDP
2011–16	Winfried Kretschmann	Greens	Greens–SPD
2016-		Greens	Greens–CDU

Landtag of Baden-Württemberg

Party Strength in Landtag

Election year	Total seats	Seats won
		CDU	SPD	FDP	BHE	Grüne	REP	AfD	KPD	NPD
1952	121	50	38	23	6				4
1956	120	56	36	21	7
1960	121	52	44	18	7
1964	120	59	47	14
1968	127	60	37	18						12
1972	120	65	45	10
1976	121	71	41	9
1980	124	68	40	10		6
1984	126	68	41	8		9
1988	125	66	42	7		10
1992	146	64	46	8		13	15
1996	155	69	39	14		19	14
2001	128	63	45	10		10
2006	139	69	38	15		17
2011	138	60	35	7		36
2016	143	42	19	12		47		23
2021	154	42	19	18		58		17

In October 2024, polls estimate that if there were an election at that time, AfD and Grüne would be roughly equal in size, and FDP would fall to 5%. CDU would be the largest party.

State Landtag Compositions

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  1st Landtag, following 1952 election
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  2nd Landtag, following 1956 election.
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  3rd Landtag, following 1960 election
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  4th Landtag, following 1964 election
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  5th Landtag, following 1968 election
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  6th Landtag, following 1972 election
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  7th Landtag, following 1976 election
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  8th Landtag, following 1980 election
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  9th Landtag, following 1984 election
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  10th Landtag, following 1988 election
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  11th Landtag, following 1992 election
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  12th Landtag, following 1996 election
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  13th Landtag, following 2001 election
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  14th Landtag, following 2006 election
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  15th Landtag, following 2011 election
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  16th Landtag, following 2016 election
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  17th Landtag, following 2021 election

State Election Results Maps

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  1992 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
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  1996 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
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  2001 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
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  2006 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
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  2011 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD, Green is A90/The Greens
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  2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Green is A90/The Greens, Blue is AfD
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  2021 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Green is A90/The Greens.

Constituencies in the Landtag

• Stuttgart I (01)
• Stuttgart II (02)
• Stuttgart III (03)
• Stuttgart IV (04)
• Böblingen (05)
• Leonberg (06)
• Esslingen (07)
• Kirchheim (08)
• Nürtingen (09)
• Göppingen (10)
• Geislingen (11)
• Ludwigsburg (12)
• Vaihingen (13)
• Bietgheim-Bissingen (14)
• Waiblingen (15)
• Schorndorf (16)
• Backnang (17)
• Heilbronn (18)
• Eppingen (19)
• Neckarsulm (20)
• Hohenlohe (21)
• Schwäbisch Hall (22)
• Main-Tauber (23)
• Heindenheim (24)
• Schwäbisch Gmünd (25)
• Aalen (26)
• Karlsruhe I (27)
• Karlsruhe II (28)
• Bruchsal (29)
• Bretten (30)
• Ettlingen (31)
• Rastatt (32)
• Baden-Baden (33)
• Heidelberg (34)
• Mannheim I (35)
• Mannheim II (36)
• Wiesloch (37)
• Neckar-Odenwald (38)
• Weinheim (39)
• Schwetzingen (40)
• Sinsheim (41)
• Pforzheim (42)
• Calw (43)
• Enz (44)
• Freudenstadt (45)
• Freiburg I (46)
• Freiburg II (47)
• Breisgau (48)
• Emmendingen (49)
• Lahr (50)
• Offenburg (51)
• Kehl (52)
• Rottweil (53)
• Villingen-Schwenningen (54)
• Tuttlingen-Donaueschingen (55)
• Konstanz (56)
• Sing (57)
• Lörrach (58)
• Waldshut (59)
• Reutlingen (60)
• Hechingen-Münsingen (61)
• Tübingen (62)
• Ballingen (63)
• Ulm (64)
• Ehingen (65)
• Biberach (66)
• Bodensee (67)
• Wangen (68)
• Ravensburg (69)
• Sigmaringen (70)

Constituencies in the Bundestag

No		Constituency	Member	2021	Voters	2017	2013	2009	2005	2002	1998	1994	1990
	258	Stuttgart I	Cem Özdemir	Grüne	191,811	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	CDU	CDU	CDU
	259	Stuttgart II	Maximilian Mörseburg	CDU	178,958	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	260	Böblingen	Marc Biadacz	CDU	245,553	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	261	Esslingen	Markus Grübel	CDU	166,628	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	CDU	CDU
	262	Nürtingen	Michael Hennrich	CDU	205,967	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	263	Göppingen	Hermann Färber	CDU	177,107	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	264	Waiblingen	Christina Stumpp	CDU	221,775	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	265	Ludwigsburg	Steffen Bilger	CDU	215,312	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	266	Neckar-Zaber	Fabian Gramling	CDU	230,738	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	CDU	CDU
	267	Heilbronn	Alexander Throm	CDU	240,951	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	268	Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe	Christian von Stetten	CDU	225,874	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	269	Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd	Ingeborg Gräßle	CDU	177,062	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	270	Aalen - Heidenheim	Roderich Kiesewetter	CDU	220,686	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	271	Karlsruhe-Stadt	Zoe Mayer	Grüne	205,608	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	272	Karlsruhe-Land	Nicolas Zippelius	CDU	209,147	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	273	Rastatt	Kai Whittaker	CDU	204,890	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	274	Heidelberg	Franziska Brantner	Grüne	218,431	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	275	Mannheim	Isabel Cademartori	SPD	196,863	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	SPD	CDU	SPD
	276	Odenwald - Tauber	Nina Warken	CDU	209,418	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	277	Rhein-Neckar	Moritz Oppelt	CDU	196,882	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	278	Bruchsal - Schwetzingen	Olav Gutting	CDU	195,755	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2002 election
	279	Pforzheim	Gunther Krichbaum	CDU	217,126	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	CDU	CDU
	280	Calw	Klaus Mack	CDU	199,092	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	281	Freiburg	Chantal Kopf	Grüne	224,392	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	282	Lörrach - Müllheim	Diana Stöcker	CDU	231,076	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	SPD	SPD	CDU	CDU
	283	Emmendingen - Lahr	Yannick Bury	CDU	218,872	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	284	Offenburg	Vacant	CDU	205,893	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	285	Rottweil - Tuttlingen	Maria-Lena Weiss	CDU	198,182	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	286	Schwarzwald-Baar	Thorsten Frei	CDU	162,800	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	287	Konstanz	Andreas Jung	CDU	206,009	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	288	Waldshut	Felix Schreiner	CDU	177,275	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	289	Reutlingen	Michael Donth	CDU	199,189	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	290	Tübingen	Annette Widmann-Mauz	CDU	198,791	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	SPD	CDU	CDU
	291	Ulm	Ronja Kemmer	CDU	223,376	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	292	Biberach	Josef Rief	CDU	169,147	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU
	293	Bodensee	Volker Mayer-Lay	CDU	174,430	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2009 election
	294	Ravensburg	Axel Müller	CDU	187,817	CDU	CDU	CDU	Created for 2009 election
	295	Zollernalb - Sigmaringen	Thomas Bareiß	CDU	182,648	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU	CDU

See also

• Elections in Baden-Württemberg