2016 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 13 March 2016 to elect the members of the 15th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent government of The Greens and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann lost its majority.

2016 Baden-Württemberg state election
13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)
All 143 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
72 seats needed for a majority
Turnout5,412,301 (70.4%)
4.2%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Winfried Kretschmann Guido Wolf Jörg Meuthen
Party Greens CDU AfD
Last election 36 seats, 24.1% 60 seats, 39.0% Did not exist
Seats won 47 42 23
Seat change 11 18 23
Popular vote 1,622,631 1,447,249 809,311
Percentage 30.3% 27.0% 15.1%
Swing 6.1% 12.0% New party
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Nils Schmid Hans-Ulrich Rülke Bernd Riexinger
Party SPD FDP Left
Last election 35 seats, 23.1% 7 seats, 5.3% 0 seats, 2.8%
Seats won 19 12 0
Seat change 16 5 0
Popular vote 679,872 445,430 156,211
Percentage 12.7% 8.3% 2.9%
Swing 10.4% 3.0% 0.1%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Winfried Kretschmann
Greens

 Minister-President

Winfried Kretschmann
Greens

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 the largest party, lost a third of its voteshare and fell to second place. Alternative for Germany (AfD) contested its first state election in Baden-Württemberg, debuting at 15%. 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.

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