Baden-Württemberg state election, 2011

Baden-Württemberg state election, 2011

2006 ← 27 March 2011 → 2016

All 139 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 70 seats needed for a majority Turnout 66.2%   First party Second party   Leader Stefan Mappus Winfried Kretschmann Party CDU Grüne Last election 44.2% 11.7% Seats before 69 17 Seats won 60 36 Seat change -9 +19 Popular vote 1.942.404 1.205.508 Percentage 39% 24.1% Swing -5.2% 12.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Nils Schmid Ullrich Goll Party SPD FDP Last election 25.2% 10.7% Seats before 38 15 Seats won 35 7 Seat change -3 -8 Popular vote 1.151.859 262.520 Percentage 23.1% 5.3% Swing -2.1% -5.4%

Seats won by party black = absolute majority for CDU grey = plurality for CDU green = plurality for Greens red = plurality for SPD

Minister-President before election Stefan Mappus CDU Elected Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann Grüne

Stefan Mappus
CDU

Winfried Kretschmann
Grüne

The Baden-Württemberg state election 2011 was held on 27 March 2011 to elect members to Baden-Württemberg's State diet, the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. It was the 14th state election since the foundation of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. Before, Stefan Mappus (CDU) had led a coalition government of his party with the FDP, which in the election lost its majority to Alliance '90/The Greens, who scored their all-time best state election result, and the Social Democrats.

Like in all German states, elections in Baden-Württemberg follow the mixed member proportional representation. There are 70 constituency seats and at least 50 additional seats to be filled, making up a total of seats of at least 120. A higher number can be reached through overhang seats and additional seats to restore proportional representation. Unlike all other states, there are no party lists. Instead, the seats for a party which are not filled by constituency winners go to the party's remaining constituency candidates with the highest percentages of votes. For the first time, the Sainte-Laguë method was used to calculate the seat allocation.

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