1951 Baden-Württemberg referendum

1951 Baden-Württemberg referendum and merge
December 9, 1951 (1951-12-09)
Results
Choice
 Votes %
For merger 1,748,136 69.74%
For restoring the old states 758,518 30.26%
Valid votes 2,506,654 98.68%
Invalid or blank votes 33,645 1.32%
Total votes 2,540,299 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 4,287,797 59.24%
Red indicates districts with a majority in favour of the merger, while Blue indicates districts with a majority in favour of restoring the old states.

A referendum was held on 9 December 1951 in the states of South Baden, Württemberg-Baden, and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. Voters were asked whether they favoured a merger of the three states into a single state or the re-establishment of the old states of Baden and Württemberg. With 69.7 percent of the vote, voters favoured unification with a turnout of 59.2 percent.

For either option to succeed, a majority in three or more of the four voting areas was required. As a majority in North Baden, North Württemberg, and South Württemberg supported the merger, while only South Baden supported the re-establishment of the old states, the merger was considered victorious. As a result, the state of Baden-Württemberg was founded on 25 April 1952.

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