# 2001 Baden-Württemberg state election

The 2001 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 25 March 2001 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) under Minister-President Erwin Teufel was re-elected with an increased majority and continued in office.

## Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1996 result | 1996 result |
| Name | Name | Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | Votes (%) | Seats |
| | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Erwin Teufel | 41.3% | 69 / 155 |
| | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Ute Vogt | 25.1% | 39 / 155 |
| | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | Green politics | Dieter Saloman | 12.1% | 19 / 155 |
| | FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | Walter Döring | 9.6% | 14 / 155 |
| | REP | The Republicans Die Republikaner | German nationalism | | 9.1% | 14 / 155 |

## Opinion polling

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | Grüne | FDP | REP | Others | Lead |
| 2001 state election | 25 Mar 2001 | – | 44.8 | 33.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 10.2 |
| Forsa | 12–17 Mar 2001 | – | 41 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Infratest dimap | 9–14 Mar 2001 | 1,004 | 41 | 35 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 5–8 Mar 2001 | 1,010 | 41 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Infratest dimap | 19–24 Feb 2001 | 1,000 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Forsa | 8–14 Feb 2001 | 1,018 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 18–23 Jan 2001 | 1,000 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 7–13 Dec 2000 | 1,000 | 42 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Forsa | 29 Nov–5 Dec 2000 | 1,006 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Infratest dimap | 12–17 Oct 2000 | 1,000 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Infratest dimap | 6–11 Jul 2000 | 1,000 | 44 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| Forsa | 29 May–5 Jun 2000 | 1,001 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Infratest dimap | 5–10 Jan 2000 | 1,000 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Infratest dimap | 27 Sep–13 Oct 1999 | 1,000 | 49 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
| Infratest dimap | 27 Apr–19 May 1999 | 1,000 | 48 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 1996 state election | 24 Mar 1996 | – | 41.3 | 25.1 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 16.2 |

## Results

Summary of the 25 March 2001 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg :
| Party | Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % |
| | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 2,029,806 | 44.8 | 3.5 | 63 | 6 | 49.2 |
| | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,508,358 | 33.3 | 8.2 | 45 | 6 | 35.1 |
| | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 367,580 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 10 | 4 | 7.8 |
| | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 350,383 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 10 | 9 | 7.8 |
| | The Republicans (REP) | 198,534 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| | Others | 76,102 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4,530,763 | 100.0 | | 128 | 27 | |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | | 62.6 | 5.0 | | | |
Popular Vote
CDU
44.80%
SPD
33.29%
F.D.P.
8.11%
B'90/GRÜNE
7.73%
REP
4.38%
Other
1.68% :
Landtag seats
CDU
49.22%
SPD
35.16%
F.D.P.
7.81%
B'90/GRÜNE
7.81% :

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