2011 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 2011 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 27 March 2011 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union and Free Democratic Party led by Minister-President Stefan Mappus lost its majority. The Greens achieved their best result in a state election up to this point at 24%, and became the second largest party in the Landtag. They subsequently formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Greens leader Winfried Kretschmann was elected Minister-President. He became the first Green politician to serve as a state head of government in Germany.

2011 Baden-Württemberg state election
27 March 2011
All 138 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
70 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,983,719 (66.2%)
12.8%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Stefan Mappus Winfried Kretschmann
Party CDU Greens
Last election 69 seats, 44.2% 17 seats, 11.7%
Seats won 60 36
Seat change 9 19
Popular vote 1,942,404 1,205,508
Percentage 39.0% 24.2%
Swing 5.2% 12.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Nils Schmid Ullrich Goll
Party SPD FDP
Last election 38 seats, 25.2% 15 seats, 10.7%
Seats won 35 7
Seat change 3 8
Popular vote 1,151,859 262,520
Percentage 23.1% 5.3%
Swing 2.1% 5.4%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Stefan Mappus
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Winfried Kretschmann
Greens

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