1972 Baden-Württemberg state election
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All 120 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 61 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 4,798,775 (80.00%) 9.25% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results for the single-member constituencies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 23 April 1976 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Hans Filbinger was re-elected, this time gaining a majority in the Landtag.
History
After the 1968 Baden-Württemberg state election, the Christian Democratic Union and Social Democratic Party had formed a grand coalition. The neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany, which had been relatively successful in the 1968 election, receiving almost ten percent of the vote and twelve seats, chose not to participate in the 1972 election. Instead, they called on their supporters to vote for the Christian Democratic Union.[1]
The Christian Democratic Union was subsequently elected to a majority, the first time any party had ever won a majority in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg and which chose to contest the 1972 election.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1968 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Hans Filbinger | 44.23% | 60 / 127
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| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Walter Krause | 28.95% | 37 / 127
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| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | Johann Peter Brandenburg | 14.42% | 18 / 127
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 2,513,808 | 52.92 | 8.69 | 65 | 5 | 54.17% | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,784,416 | 37.56 | 8.61 | 45 | 8 | 37.50% | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 424,685 | 8.94 | 5.48 | 10 | 8 | 8.33% | |
| German Communist Party (DKP) | 21,973 | 0.46 | New | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| German Peace Union | 587 | 0.01 | New | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Justice Party | 172 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,750,637 | 99.00 | 120 | 7 | |||
| Invalid votes | 48,138 | 1.00 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 4,798,775 | 80.00 | 9.25 | ||||
References
- ^ Schwarzmaier, Hansmartin; Schaab, Meinrad (2003). "Die Länder seit 1918". Handbuch der baden-württembergischen Geschichte [Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History] (in German). Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta Verlag. p. 644. ISBN 3-608-91468-4.
- ^ "Deutschland seit 1945 Landtagswahlen Land Baden-Württemberg". wahlen-in-deutschland.de (in German). 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ^ "Endgültige Ergebnisse der Wahl zum Landtag von Baden-Württemberg am 23. April 1972" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 1972-05-09. Retrieved 2025-05-19.