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1984 Baden-Württemberg state election

1984 Baden-Württemberg state election
← 1980 25 March 1984 1988 →
All 126 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,706,241 (71.21%)
Decrease0.78%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Lothar Späth Ulrich Lang Fritz Kuhn
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 68 seats, 53.35% 40 seats, 32.55% 6 seats, 5.35%
Seats won 68 41 9
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 2,412,085 1,507,088 372,374
Percentage 51.87% 32.41% 8.01%
Swing Decrease 1.48% Decrease 0.14% Increase 2.66%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Jürgen Morlok
Party FDP
Last election 10 seats, 8.30%
Seats won 8
Seat change Decrease 2
Popular vote 333,386
Percentage 7.17%
Swing Decrease 1.13%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Lothar Späth
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Lothar Späth
CDU

The 1984 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 25 March 1984 to elect the members of the 8th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Lothar Späth was re-elected, retaining its majority.

Parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1980 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Lothar Späth 53.35%
68 / 124
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Ulrich Lang 32.55%
40 / 124
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei 		Classical liberalism Jürgen Morlok 8.30%
10 / 124
Grüne The Greens
Die Grünen 		Green politics Fritz Kuhn 5.35%
6 / 124

Results

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Summary of the 25 March 1984 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg[1][2]
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 2,412,085 51.87 Decrease1.48 68 Steady 53.97
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,507,088 32.41 Decrease0.14 41 Increase1 32.54
The Greens (Grüne) 372,374 8.01 Increase2.66 9 Increase3 7.14
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 333,386 7.17 Decrease1.31 8 Decrease2 6.35
German Communist Party (DKP) 13,620 0.29 Increase0.03 0 ±0 0
European Workers' Party 1,632 0.04 Increase0.04 0 ±0 0
Free German Workers' Party 383 0.00 Steady0.00 0 ±0 0
Total 4,650,186 98.79 126 Increase2
Invalid votes 56,055 1.21
Voter turnout 4,706,241 71.21 Decrease0.78

References

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  1. ^ "Deutschland seit 1945 Landtagswahlen Land Baden-Württemberg". wahlen-in-deutschland.de (in German). 2021. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  2. ^ "Endgültige Ergebnisse der Wahl zum Landtag von Baden-Württemberg am 25. März 1984" (PDF) (in German). 1984-04-10. Retrieved 2025-05-18.