2024 Baden-Württemberg local elections

2024 Baden-Württemberg local elections
9 June 2024
2,311 district council seats
18,562 municipal council seats
Turnout5,186,560 (60.83%)
2.20%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manuel Hagel None Andreas Stoch
Party CDU Local voters' associations SPD
Last election 642 seats, 28.26%
4,083 seats, 22.84% 		550 seats, 24.40%
8,860 seats, 39.15% 		322 seats, 14.00%
1,976 seats, 13.43%
Seats won 702
4,007 		561
8,687 		292
1,650
Seat change 60
76 		11
173 		30
326
Popular vote 1,214,266
1,030,853 		988,540
1,697,596 		511,371
511,363
Percentage 30.12%
23.85% 		24.52%
39.28% 		12.68%
11.83%
Swing 1.86%
1.01% 		0.12%
0.13% 		1.32%
1.60%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Winfried Kretschmann Anton Baron Hans-Ulrich Rülke
Party Greens AfD FDP
Last election 385 seats, 17.49%
1,258 seats, 12.90% 		125 seats, 5.55%
117 seats, 1.92% 		138 seats, 6.20%
367 seats, 3.86%
Seats won 292
1,077 		277
350 		121
315
Seat change 93
181 		152
233 		17
52
Popular vote 514,031
465,231 		469,939
181,598 		212,429
151,014
Percentage 12.68%
11.83% 		11.66%
4.20% 		5.27%
3.49%
Swing 4.81%
1.07% 		6.11%
2.28% 		0.93%
0.37%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Sahra Mirow
Party Linke
Last election 40 seats, 1.99%
63 seats, 1.35%
Seats won 27
40
Seat change 13
23
Popular vote 51,346
42,251
Percentage 1.27%
0.98%
Swing 0.72%
0.37%

The 2024 Baden-Württemberg local elections were held on June 9, 2024 to elect members of Baden-Württemberg's 35 district councils and 1101 municipal and local councils. The elections were held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.

Background

All Germans and European Union citizens who have reached the age of 16 and have resided in their municipality for at least three months were eligible to vote.

For the first time, the full address of the candidates was no longer listed in the election announcements and on the ballots. This measure was implemented to protect candidates from harassment.[1]

Results

Following the election local voters' associations remained the largest political grouping at the municipality level and the second largest grouping at the district level. Meanwhile the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) remained the second largest party at the municipal level and the largest party at the district level. The Social Democratic Party, Greens, Free Democratic Party, Die Linke all lost seats. Meanwhile, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) tripled its municipal representation, and gains were also made by a number of smaller political parties. Small parties that won district or municipal seats included: the Free Voters, Ecological Democratic Party, German Communist Party, Team Todenhöfer, Pirate Party Germany, Die PARTEI, and Volt Germany.[2]

In the state capital, Stuttgart, the Christian Democratic Union received the most votes, followed by the Greens. The CDU also received the most votes in the cities of Mannheim, Ravensburg, Aalen, and Baden-Baden. The Greens received the most votes in the cities of Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Ulm, Freiburg im Breisgau, and Tübingen. The Alternative for Germany placed first in Pforzheim and second in Rastatt and Göppingen.[3]

Summary of results for the 2024 Baden-Württemberg local elections[4][5]
Party Votes (District) % +/- Seats +/- Votes (Municipal) % +/- Seats +/-
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,214,266 30.12 1.86 702 60 1,030,853 23.85 1.01 4,007 76
Local voters' associations 988,540 24.52 0.12 561 11 1,697,596 39.28 0.13 8,687 173
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 511,371 12.68 1.32 292 30 511,363 11.83 1.60 1,650 326
The Greens (Grüne) 514,031 12.75 4.74 292 93 465,231 10.77 2.13 1,077 181
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 469,939 11.66 6.11 277 152 181,598 4.20 2.28 350 233
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 212,429 5.27 0.93 121 17 151,014 3.49 0.37 315 52
Die Linke 51,346 1.27 0.72 27 13 42,251 0.98 0.37 40 23
Joint election proposals[a] 37,852 0.94 0.22 22 6 171,804 3.98 0.38 784 42
Other parties[b] 32,156 0.80 0.15 17 6 69,682 1.61 0.67 77 26
Total 4,031,930 2,311 58 4,321,392 18,562 112
Invalid votes 112,019 153,329
Voter turnout 4,338,972 62.42 5,186,560 60.83
Eligible voters 7,064,954 8,526,601

References

  1. ^ Electoral alliances between local voters' associations and political parties
  2. ^ Including:Free Voters, Ecological Democratic Party, German Communist Party, Team Todenhöfer, Pirate Party Germany, Die PARTEI, and Volt Germany, among others
  1. ^ "Änderung der Kommunalwahlordnung" (in German). 2023-08-01. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  2. ^ Lickert, Wolfgang (2024-06-10). "Das war der Ticker zur Kommunal- und Europawahl 2024 in BW: Ergebnisse, Analysen und Reaktionen zum Nachlesen". Südwestrundfunk (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  3. ^ Ströbel, Michael (2024-06-14). "Kommunalwahl 2024 in BW: CDU und AfD legen zu - Verluste für Ampelparteien". Südwestrundfunk (in German). Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  4. ^ "Kreistagswahlen 2024" (in German). 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  5. ^ "Gemeinderatswahlen 2024" (in German). 2024. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
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