2006 Baden-Württemberg state election

2006 Baden-Württemberg state election

26 March 2006

All 139 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,960,345 (53.4%)
9.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Günther Oettinger Ute Vogt
Party CDU SPD
Last election 63 seats, 44.8% 45 seats, 33.3%
Seats won 69 38
Seat change 6 7
Popular vote 1,748,781 996,095
Percentage 44.2% 25.2%
Swing 0.6% 8.1%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 10 seats, 7.7% 10 seats, 8.1%
Seats won 17 15
Seat change 7 5
Popular vote 462,889 421,885
Percentage 11.7% 10.7%
Swing 4.0% 2.6%

Results for the single-member constituencies.

Minister-President before election

Günther Oettinger
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Günther Oettinger
CDU

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.