2016 Baden-Württemberg state election
13 March 2016
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All 143 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 72 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 5,412,301 (70.4%) 4.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results for the single-member constituencies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election to elect the members of the 15th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg was held on 13 March 2016, the same day as the Rhineland-Palatinate state election and Saxony-Anhalt state election. The incumbent government of The Greens and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann lost its majority, but Kretschmann and the Greens would gain support from the CDU and went on to rule for another 10 years.
The Greens achieved a 6% swing and became the largest party in a state legislature for the first time. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which had previously been by far the largest party, lost a third of its voteshare and fell to second place. The new Alternative for Germany (AfD) contested its first state election in Baden-Württemberg, debuting at 15% as the leading opposition party. The SPD lost half its voteshare and fell to fourth place with 12.7%.
After the election, the Greens formed a coalition with the CDU, and Kretschmann was re-elected as Minister-President.