1992 Baden-Württemberg state election
5 April 1992
All 146 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
74 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,949,199 (70.1%)
Decrease 1.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Erwin Teufel Dieter Spöri Rolf Schlierer
Party CDU SPD REP
Last election 66 seats, 49.0% 42 seats, 32.0% 0 seats, 1.0%
Seats won 64 46 15
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 4 Increase 15
Popular vote 1,960,016 1,454,477 539,014
Percentage 39.6% 29.4% 10.9%
Swing Decrease 9.4% Decrease 2.6% Increase 9.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 10 seats, 7.9% 7 seats, 5.9%
Seats won 13 8
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1
Popular vote 467,781 291,199
Percentage 9.5% 5.9%
Swing Increase 1.6% Steady 0.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Erwin Teufel
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Erwin Teufel
CDU

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.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1988 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Erwin Teufel 49.0%
66 / 125
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Dieter Spöri 32.0%
42 / 125
Grüne The Greens
Die Grünen		 Green politics 7.9%
10 / 125
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism 5.9%
7 / 125

Results

Summary of the 5 April 1992 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
Party Votes  % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 1,960,016 39.6 Decrease9.4 64 Decrease2 43.8
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,454,477 29.4 Decrease2.6 46 Increase4 31.5
The Republicans (REP) 539,014 10.9 Increase9.9 15 Increase15 10.3
The Greens (Grüne) 467,781 9.5 Increase1.6 13 Increase3 8.9
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 291,199 5.9 Steady0.0 8 Increase1 5.5
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 93,604 1.9 Increase0.5 0 ±0 0
National Democratic Party (NPD) 44,416 0.9 Decrease1.2 0 ±0 0
Others 64,247 2.0 0 ±0 0
Total 4,949,199 100.0 146 Increase21
Voter turnout 70.1 Decrease1.7
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 39.60%
SPD
 
 29.39%
REP
 
 10.89%
GRÜNE
 
 9.45%
FDP
 
 5.88%
Other
 
 4.78%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 43.84%
SPD
 
 31.51%
REP
 
 10.27%
GRÜNE
 
 8.90%
FDP
 
 5.48%

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