| Election Name: | 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election |
| Country: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Turnout: | 4,784,129 (67.6%) 2.5% |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 Baden-Württemberg state election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2001 Baden-Württemberg state election |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
| Seats For Election: | All 155 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg |
| Majority Seats: | 78 |
| Election Date: | 24 March 1996 |
| Leader1: | Erwin Teufel |
| Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 64 seats, 39.6% |
| Seats1: | 69 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,974,619 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Percentage1: | 41.3% |
| Swing1: | 1.7% |
| Leader2: | Dieter Spöri |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Seats2: | 39 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,199,123 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Percentage2: | 25.1% |
| Swing2: | 4.3% |
| Party3: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Seats3: | 19 |
| Popular Vote3: | 580,801 |
| Seat Change3: | 6 |
| Percentage3: | 12.1% |
| Swing3: | 2.6% |
| Leader4: | Walter Döring |
| Party4: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Last Election4: | 8 seats, 5.9% |
| Seats4: | 14 |
| Popular Vote4: | 458,478 |
| Seat Change4: | 6 |
| Percentage4: | 9.6% |
| Swing4: | 3.7% |
| Leader5: | Rolf Schlierer |
| Party5: | The Republicans (Germany) |
| Last Election5: | 15 seats, 10.9% |
| Seats5: | 14 |
| Popular Vote5: | 437,228 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Percentage5: | 9.1% |
| Swing5: | 1.8% |
| 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 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent grand coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) under Minister-President Erwin Teufel retained its majority. However, the CDU chose not to renew the coalition, instead forming a new government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Teufel was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.
The Republicans unexpectedly retained their seats with a small swing against them, despite polling indicating they would fall out of the Landtag.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1992 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Erwin Teufel | 39.6% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Dieter Spöri | 29.4% | |||
| bgcolor= | REP | The Republicans | German nationalism | Rolf Schlierer | 10.9% | |||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 9.5% | ||||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | Walter Döring | 5.9% | |||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | REP | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 state election | data-sort-value="1996-03-24" | 24 Mar 1996 | – | 41.3 | 25.1 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 16.2 | ||
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1996-03-16" | 4–15 Mar 1996 | 1,508 | 42 | 30.5 | 4.5 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 11.5 | ||
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1996-02-16" | 1–8 Feb 1996 | 1,002 | 45 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 18 | ||
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1996-01-19" | 4–14 Jan 1996 | 1,003 | 43 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1995-11-24" | 9–17 Nov 1995 | 1,005 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 17 | ||
| 1992 state election | data-sort-value="1992-04-05" | 5 Apr 1992 | – | 39.6 | 29.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 10.2 |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 1,974,619| align=right| 41.3| align=right| 1.7| align=right| 69| align=right| 5| align=right| 44.5|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 1,199,123| align=right| 25.1| align=right| 4.3| align=right| 39| align=right| 7| align=right| 25.2|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 580,801| align=right| 12.1| align=right| 2.5| align=right| 19| align=right| 6| align=right| 12.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 458,478| align=right| 9.6| align=right| 3.7| align=right| 14| align=right| 6| align=right| 9.0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP)| align=right| 437,228| align=right| 9.1| align=right| 1.8| align=right| 14| align=right| 1| align=right| 9.0|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)| align=right| 69,775| align=right| 1.5| align=right| 0.4| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 64,105| align=right| 1.3| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 4,784,129! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 155! align=right| 9! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 67.6! align=right| 2.5! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}