# Politics of Baden-Württemberg

The politics of Baden-Württemberg takes place within a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Federal Government of Germany exercises sovereign rights with certain powers reserved to the states of Germany including Baden-Württemberg. Since 1948 politics in the state has been dominated by the rightist Christian Democratic Union (CDU). However, in the 2011 election the CDU lost its majority in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg and since various coalitions were formed by the Green leader Winfried Kretschmann.

## History pre-1952

The Minister-Presidents of Baden-Württemberg's predecessor states were:
| State | Period | Minister-President | Party |
| Württemberg-Hohenzollern | 1945–47 | Carlo Schmid | SPD |
| Württemberg-Hohenzollern | 1947–48 | Lorenz Bock | CDU |
| Württemberg-Hohenzollern | 1948–52 | Gebhard Müller | CDU |
| Württemberg-Baden | 1946–52 | Reinhold Maier | DVP, then FDP |
| South Baden | 1946–52 | Leo Wohleb | CDU |
Prior to the Second World War and the regime of Nazi Germany from 1933, the largest party in both the Republic of Baden and the Free People's State of Württemberg was the Catholic Centre Party.
The leaders of the government of the Republic of Baden:
| Period | Minister-President | Party |
| 1918–20 | Anton Geiß | SPD |
| 1920–21 | Gustav Trunk | Centre |
| 1921–22 | Hermann Hummel | DDP |
| 1922–23 | Adam Remmele | SPD |
| 1923–24 | Heinrich Franz Köhler | Centre |
| 1924–25 | Willy Hellpach | DDP |
| 1925–26 | Gustav Trunk | Centre |
| 1926–27 | Heinrich Franz Köhler | Centre |
| Feb 1927 – Nov 1927 | Gustav Trunk | Centre |
| Nov 1927 – 1928 | Adam Remmele | SPD |
| 1928–30 | Josef Schmitt | Centre |
| 1930–31 | Franz Josef Wittemann | Centre |
| 1931–33 | Josef Schmitt | Centre |
The leaders of the government of Württemberg 1918 – 1933:

## Minister Presidents since 1952

Since the creation of the state in 1952, the state's Minister-presidents have been:
| Period | Minister-president | Party | Coalition |
| 1952–53 | Reinhold Maier | FDP | FDP–SPD |
| 1953–58 | Gebhard Müller | CDU | CDU–SPD–FDP |
| 1958–60 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | CDU | CDU–SPD–FDP |
| 1960–66 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | CDU | CDU–FDP |
| 1966–72 | Hans Filbinger | CDU | CDU–SPD |
| 1972–78 | Hans Filbinger | CDU | CDU |
| 1978–91 | Lothar Späth | CDU | CDU |
| 1991–92 | Erwin Teufel | CDU | CDU |
| 1992–96 | Erwin Teufel | CDU | CDU–SPD |
| 1996–05 | Erwin Teufel | CDU | CDU–FDP |
| 2005–10 | Günther Oettinger | CDU | CDU–FDP |
| 2010–11 | Stefan Mappus | CDU | CDU–FDP |
| 2011–16 | Winfried Kretschmann | Greens | Greens–SPD |
| 2016- | Winfried Kretschmann | Greens | Greens–CDU |

## Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
### Party Strength in Landtag

| Election year | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Election year | Total seats | CDU | SPD | FDP | BHE | Grüne | REP | AfD | KPD | NPD |
| 1952 | 121 | 50 | 38 | 23 | 6 | | | | 4 | |
| 1956 | 120 | 56 | 36 | 21 | 7 | | | | | |
| 1960 | 121 | 52 | 44 | 18 | 7 | | | | | |
| 1964 | 120 | 59 | 47 | 14 | | | | | | |
| 1968 | 127 | 60 | 37 | 18 | | | | | | 12 |
| 1972 | 120 | 65 | 45 | 10 | | | | | | |
| 1976 | 121 | 71 | 41 | 9 | | | | | | |
| 1980 | 124 | 68 | 40 | 10 | | 6 | | | | |
| 1984 | 126 | 68 | 41 | 8 | | 9 | | | | |
| 1988 | 125 | 66 | 42 | 7 | | 10 | | | | |
| 1992 | 146 | 64 | 46 | 8 | | 13 | 15 | | | |
| 1996 | 155 | 69 | 39 | 14 | | 19 | 14 | | | |
| 2001 | 128 | 63 | 45 | 10 | | 10 | | | | |
| 2006 | 139 | 69 | 38 | 15 | | 17 | | | | |
| 2011 | 138 | 60 | 35 | 7 | | 36 | | | | |
| 2016 | 143 | 42 | 19 | 12 | | 47 | | 23 | | |
| 2021 | 154 | 42 | 19 | 18 | | 58 | | 17 | | |
In October 2024, polls estimate that if there were an election at that time, AfD and Grüne would be roughly equal in size, and FDP would fall to 5%. CDU would be the largest party.

### State Landtag Compositions

* 1st Landtag, following 1952 election
* 2nd Landtag, following 1956 election.
* 3rd Landtag, following 1960 election
* 4th Landtag, following 1964 election
* 5th Landtag, following 1968 election
* 6th Landtag, following 1972 election
* 7th Landtag, following 1976 election
* 8th Landtag, following 1980 election
* 9th Landtag, following 1984 election
* 10th Landtag, following 1988 election
* 11th Landtag, following 1992 election
* 12th Landtag, following 1996 election
* 13th Landtag, following 2001 election
* 14th Landtag, following 2006 election
* 15th Landtag, following 2011 election
* 16th Landtag, following 2016 election
* 17th Landtag, following 2021 election

### State Election Results Maps

* 1992 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
* 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
* 2001 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
* 2006 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD
* 2011 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Red is SPD, Green is A90/The Greens
* 2016 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Green is A90/The Greens, Blue is AfD
* 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election, Black is CDU, Green is A90/The Greens.

### Constituencies in the Landtag

* Stuttgart I (01)
* Stuttgart II (02)
* Stuttgart III (03)
* Stuttgart IV (04)
* Böblingen (05)
* Leonberg (06)
* Esslingen (07)
* Kirchheim (08)
* Nürtingen (09)
* Göppingen (10)
* Geislingen (11)
* Ludwigsburg (12)
* Vaihingen (13)
* Bietgheim-Bissingen (14)
* Waiblingen (15)
* Schorndorf (16)
* Backnang (17)
* Heilbronn (18)
* Eppingen (19)
* Neckarsulm (20)
* Hohenlohe (21)
* Schwäbisch Hall (22)
* Main-Tauber (23)
* Heindenheim (24)
* Schwäbisch Gmünd (25)
* Aalen (26)
* Karlsruhe I (27)
* Karlsruhe II (28)
* Bruchsal (29)
* Bretten (30)
* Ettlingen (31)
* Rastatt (32)
* Baden-Baden (33)
* Heidelberg (34)
* Mannheim I (35)
* Mannheim II (36)
* Wiesloch (37)
* Neckar-Odenwald (38)
* Weinheim (39)
* Schwetzingen (40)
* Sinsheim (41)
* Pforzheim (42)
* Calw (43)
* Enz (44)
* Freudenstadt (45)
* Freiburg I (46)
* Freiburg II (47)
* Breisgau (48)
* Emmendingen (49)
* Lahr (50)
* Offenburg (51)
* Kehl (52)
* Rottweil (53)
* Villingen-Schwenningen (54)
* Tuttlingen-Donaueschingen (55)
* Konstanz (56)
* Sing (57)
* Lörrach (58)
* Waldshut (59)
* Reutlingen (60)
* Hechingen-Münsingen (61)
* Tübingen (62)
* Ballingen (63)
* Ulm (64)
* Ehingen (65)
* Biberach (66)
* Bodensee (67)
* Wangen (68)
* Ravensburg (69)
* Sigmaringen (70)

## Constituencies in the Bundestag

| No | Constituency | Member | 2021 | Voters | 2017 | 2013 | 2009 | 2005 | 2002 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 |
| 258 | Stuttgart I | Cem Özdemir | Grüne | 191,811 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 259 | Stuttgart II | Maximilian Mörseburg | CDU | 178,958 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 260 | Böblingen | Marc Biadacz | CDU | 245,553 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 261 | Esslingen | Markus Grübel | CDU | 166,628 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 262 | Nürtingen | Michael Hennrich | CDU | 205,967 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 263 | Göppingen | Hermann Färber | CDU | 177,107 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 264 | Waiblingen | Christina Stumpp | CDU | 221,775 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 265 | Ludwigsburg | Steffen Bilger | CDU | 215,312 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 266 | Neckar-Zaber | Fabian Gramling | CDU | 230,738 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 267 | Heilbronn | Alexander Throm | CDU | 240,951 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 268 | Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe | Christian von Stetten | CDU | 225,874 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 269 | Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd | Ingeborg Gräßle | CDU | 177,062 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 270 | Aalen - Heidenheim | Roderich Kiesewetter | CDU | 220,686 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 271 | Karlsruhe-Stadt | Zoe Mayer | Grüne | 205,608 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 272 | Karlsruhe-Land | Nicolas Zippelius | CDU | 209,147 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 273 | Rastatt | Kai Whittaker | CDU | 204,890 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 274 | Heidelberg | Franziska Brantner | Grüne | 218,431 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 275 | Mannheim | Isabel Cademartori | SPD | 196,863 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | SPD |
| 276 | Odenwald - Tauber | Nina Warken | CDU | 209,418 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 277 | Rhein-Neckar | Moritz Oppelt | CDU | 196,882 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 278 | Bruchsal - Schwetzingen | Olav Gutting | CDU | 195,755 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election | Created for 2002 election |
| 279 | Pforzheim | Gunther Krichbaum | CDU | 217,126 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 280 | Calw | Klaus Mack | CDU | 199,092 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 281 | Freiburg | Chantal Kopf | Grüne | 224,392 | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 282 | Lörrach - Müllheim | Diana Stöcker | CDU | 231,076 | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | SPD | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 283 | Emmendingen - Lahr | Yannick Bury | CDU | 218,872 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 284 | Offenburg | Vacant | CDU | 205,893 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 285 | Rottweil - Tuttlingen | Maria-Lena Weiss | CDU | 198,182 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 286 | Schwarzwald-Baar | Thorsten Frei | CDU | 162,800 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 287 | Konstanz | Andreas Jung | CDU | 206,009 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 288 | Waldshut | Felix Schreiner | CDU | 177,275 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 289 | Reutlingen | Michael Donth | CDU | 199,189 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 290 | Tübingen | Annette Widmann-Mauz | CDU | 198,791 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | SPD | CDU | CDU |
| 291 | Ulm | Ronja Kemmer | CDU | 223,376 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 292 | Biberach | Josef Rief | CDU | 169,147 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |
| 293 | Bodensee | Volker Mayer-Lay | CDU | 174,430 | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election |
| 294 | Ravensburg | Axel Müller | CDU | 187,817 | CDU | CDU | CDU | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election | Created for 2009 election |
| 295 | Zollernalb - Sigmaringen | Thomas Bareiß | CDU | 182,648 | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU | CDU |