1980 Baden-Württemberg state election
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All 124 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 63 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 4,549,463 (71.99%) 3.46% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results for the single-member constituencies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 16 March 1980 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Lothar Späth was re-elected, retaining its majority. The election also marked the first time that the Greens were elected at either the state or federal level in Germany, having been established in January 1980.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1980 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Lothar Späth | 56.72% | 71 / 121
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| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Erhard Eppler | 33.29% | 41 / 121
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| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | Jürgen Morlok | 7.80% | 9 / 121
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| Grüne | The Greens Die Grünen |
Green politics | Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever | N/A | Did not exist | |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 2,407,798 | 53.35 | 3.37 | 68 | 3 | 54.84 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,468,873 | 32.55 | 0.71 | 40 | 1 | 33.06 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 374,633 | 8.30 | 0.50 | 10 | 1 | 8.26 | |
| The Greens (Grüne) | 241,303 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 6 | 6 | 4.96 | |
| German Communist Party (DKP) | 11,738 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Party (NPD) | 2,341 | 0.05 | 0.85 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Communist League | 2,076 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| European Workers' Party | 152 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Free German Workers' Party | 69 | 0.00 | New | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,513,009 | 99.20 | 124 | 3 | |||
| Invalid votes | 36,454 | 0.80 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 4,549,463 | 71.99 | 3.46 | ||||
References
- ^ "Deutschland seit 1945 Landtagswahlen Land Baden-Württemberg". wahlen-in-deutschland.de (in German). 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ^ "Endgültige Ergebnisse der Wahl zum Landtag von Baden-Württemberg am 16. März 1980" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 1980-03-31. Retrieved 2025-05-18.