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.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan=2 colspan=3| Name
! rowspan=2| Ideology
! rowspan=2| Leader(s)
! colspan=2| 1996 result
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! Votes (%)
! Seats
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| CDU
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany<br>
| Christian democracy
| Erwin Teufel
| align=center| 41.3%
|
|-
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| align=center| SPD
| Social Democratic Party of Germany<br>
| Social democracy
| Ute Vogt
| align=center| 25.1%
|
|-
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| align=center| Grüne
| Alliance 90/The Greens<br>
| Green politics
| Dieter Saloman
| align=center| 12.1%
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| align=center| FDP
| Free Democratic Party<br>
| Classical liberalism
| Walter Döring
| align=center| 9.6%
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|-
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| align=center| REP
| The Republicans<br>
| German nationalism
|
| align=center| 9.1%
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|}
Opinion polling
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"
|- style="height:40px;"
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm
! style="width:140px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date
! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample<br>size
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| CDU
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPD
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| REP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
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! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 2001 state election
| data-sort-value="2001-03-25"| 25 Mar 2001
| –
| | 44.8
| 33.3
| 7.7
| 8.1
| 4.4
| 1.7
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10.2
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="2001-03-20"| 12–17 Mar 2001
| –
| | 41
| 32
| 8
| 9
| 6
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="2001-03-15"| 9–14 Mar 2001
| 1,004
| | 41
| 35
| 8.5
| 8.5
| 5
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 6
|-
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen
| data-sort-value="2001-03-09"| 5–8 Mar 2001
| 1,010
| | 41
| 36
| 8
| 8
| 5
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="2001-03-01"| 19–24 Feb 2001
| 1,000
| | 39
| 35
| 8
| 10
| 5
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="2001-02-17"| 8–14 Feb 2001
| 1,018
| | 39
| 31
| 10
| 10
| 6
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="2001-01-26"| 18–23 Jan 2001
| 1,000
| | 40
| 32
| 10
| 10
| 5
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="2000-12-15"| 7–13 Dec 2000
| 1,000
| | 42
| 32
| 9
| 10
| 4
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="2000-12-09"| 29 Nov–5 Dec 2000
| 1,006
| | 40
| 30
| 10
| 10
| 6
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="2000-10-20"| 12–17 Oct 2000
| 1,000
| | 43
| 32
| 9
| 10
| 3
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="2000-07-14"| 6–11 Jul 2000
| 1,000
| | 44
| 31
| 9
| 9
| 4
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="2000-06-08"| 29 May–5 Jun 2000
| 1,001
| | 42
| 28
| 8
| 12
| 6
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="2000-01-13"| 5–10 Jan 2000
| 1,000
| | 45
| 31
| 10
| 8
| 3
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 14
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-10-16"| 27 Sep–13 Oct 1999
| 1,000
| | 49
| 27
| 9
| 7
| 4
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 22
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1999-05-22"| 27 Apr–19 May 1999
| 1,000
| | 48
| 29
| 9
| 8
| 4
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 1996 state election
| data-sort-value="1996-03-24"| 24 Mar 1996
| –
| | 41.3
| 25.1
| 12.1
| 9.6
| 9.1
| 2.8
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 16.2
|}
Results
|-
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! colspan="2" | Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
! Seats %
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
| align=right| 2,029,806
| align=right| 44.8
| align=right| 3.5
| align=right| 63
| align=right| 6
| align=right| 49.2
|-
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| align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)
| align=right| 1,508,358
| align=right| 33.3
| align=right| 8.2
| align=right| 45
| align=right| 6
| align=right| 35.1
|-
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| align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)
| align=right| 367,580
| align=right| 8.1
| align=right| 1.5
| align=right| 10
| align=right| 4
| align=right| 7.8
|-
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| align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
| align=right| 350,383
| align=right| 7.7
| align=right| 4.4
| align=right| 10
| align=right| 9
| align=right| 7.8
|-
! colspan=8|
|-
| bgcolor=|
| align=left | The Republicans (REP)
| align=right| 198,534
| align=right| 4.4
| align=right| 4.7
| align=right| 0
| align=right| 14
| align=right| 0
|-
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| align=left | Others
| align=right| 76,102
| align=right| 1.7
| align=right| 1.1
| align=right| 0
| align=right| ±0
| align=right| 0
|-
! align=right colspan=2| Total
! align=right| 4,530,763
! align=right| 100.0
! align=right|
! align=right| 128
! align=right| 27
! align=right|
|-
! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout
! align=right|
! align=right| 62.6
! align=right| 5.0
! align=right|
! align=right|
! align=right|
|}
Sources
- The Federal Returning Officer