Election Name: | 1992 Baden-Württemberg state election |
Country: | Baden-Württemberg |
Type: | parliamentary |
Turnout: | 4,949,199 (70.1%) 1.7% |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1988 Baden-Württemberg state election |
Previous Year: | 1988 |
Next Election: | 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Seats For Election: | All 146 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg |
Majority Seats: | 74 |
Election Date: | 5 April 1992 |
Leader1: | Erwin Teufel |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Last Election1: | 66 seats, 49.0% |
Seats1: | 64 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,960,016 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Percentage1: | 39.6% |
Swing1: | 9.4% |
Leader2: | Dieter Spöri |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Seats2: | 46 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,454,477 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Percentage2: | 29.4% |
Swing2: | 2.6% |
Leader3: | Rolf Schlierer |
Party3: | The Republicans (Germany) |
Seats3: | 15 |
Popular Vote3: | 539,014 |
Seat Change3: | 15 |
Percentage3: | 10.9% |
Swing3: | 9.9% |
Party4: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Last Election4: | 10 seats, 7.9% |
Seats4: | 13 |
Popular Vote4: | 467,781 |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Percentage4: | 9.5% |
Swing4: | 1.6% |
Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
Last Election5: | 7 seats, 5.9% |
Seats5: | 8 |
Popular Vote5: | 291,199 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Percentage5: | 5.9% |
Swing5: | 0.0% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Minister-President | |
Before Election: | Erwin Teufel |
Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
After Election: | Erwin Teufel |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
The 1992 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 5 April 1992 to elect the members of the 10th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Erwin Teufel lost its majority. The CDU suffered a 9.4% swing, mostly to the national conservative Republicans, who achieved their best result in a state election, placing third with 10.9%. After the election, the CDU formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Teufel was re-elected as Minister-President.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1988 result | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Erwin Teufel | 49.0% | |||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Dieter Spöri | 32.0% | |||
bgcolor= | Grüne | The Greens | Green politics | 7.9% | ||||
bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 5.9% |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 1,960,016| align=right| 39.6| align=right| 9.4| align=right| 64| align=right| 2| align=right| 43.8|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 1,454,477| align=right| 29.4| align=right| 2.6| align=right| 46| align=right| 4| align=right| 31.5|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP)| align=right| 539,014| align=right| 10.9| align=right| 9.9| align=right| 15| align=right| 15| align=right| 10.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 467,781| align=right| 9.5| align=right| 1.6| align=right| 13| align=right| 3| align=right| 8.9|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 291,199| align=right| 5.9| align=right| 0.0| align=right| 8| align=right| 1| align=right| 5.5|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)| align=right| 93,604| align=right| 1.9| align=right| 0.5| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)| align=right| 44,416| align=right| 0.9| align=right| 1.2| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 64,247| align=right| 2.0| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 4,949,199! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 146! align=right| 21! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 70.1! align=right| 1.7! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}