1980 Baden-Württemberg state election
16 March 1980
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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 after being established as a nationwide party in January 1980, having previously secured four seats in Bremen's October 1979 election.[1]
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 % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ Parkin, Sara (1989). Green Parties: an International Guide. London: Heretic Books. p. 121. ISBN 0-946097-27-5.
- ^ "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.