1968 Baden-Württemberg state election

State election in Germany 1968 Baden-Württemberg state election Baden-Württemberg parliamentary 3,970,542 (70.75%)3.01% no 1964 Baden-Württemberg state election 1964 1972 Baden-Württemberg state election 1972 All 127 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 64 28 April 1968 125px Hans Filbinger Christian Democratic Union of Germany 59 seats, 46.18% 60 1,718,261 1 44.23% 1.95% 125px Walter Krause Social Democratic Party of Germany 47 seats, 37.30% 37 1,124,696 10 28.95% 8.35% Free Democratic Party (Germany) 14 seats, 13.05% 18 560,145 4 14.42% 1.37% Wilhelm Gutmann National Democratic Party of Germany Did not exist 12 381,569 New party 9.42% New party 1968 Baden-Württemberg state election.svg 300px Results for the single-member constituencies Minister-President Hans Filbinger Christian Democratic Union of Germany Hans Filbinger Christian Democratic Union of Germany The 1968 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 28 April 1968 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Hans Filbinger was re-elected. History Following the 1964 Baden-Württemberg state, the Christian Democratic Union had formed a coalition with the Free Democratic Party, with Kurt Georg Kiesinger as Minister-President. On December 1, 1966, Kiesinger became Chancellor of West Germany, and was replaced as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg by Hans Filbinger. In the same year the governing coalition was dissolved. It was replaced by a grand coalition containing the CDU and the Social Democratic Party. The election took place shortly after the attempted assassination of Rudi Dutschke on April 11, 1968. The poor performance of the SPD in the election was in part attributed to the protests and riots that broke out after the assassination attempt.Deffner Ingo Die Reaktionen der Parteien und der Öffentlichkeit auf die Wahlerfolge der NPD in der zweiten Hälfte der 60er Jahre GRIN Verlag 2008 978-3-640-20407-6 Norderstedt 69 de The neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany also won almost ten percent of the vote and twelve seats in the Landtag. To date, this is the party's best result in any German state or federal election. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1964 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of GermanyChristlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Christian democracy Hans Filbinger 46.18% 59 120 Christian Democratic Union of Germany SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Walter Krause 37.30% 47 120 Social Democratic Party of Germany FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Classical liberalism 13.05% 14 120 Free Democratic Party (Germany) Results Summary of the 28 April 1968 election results for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 2021 Deutschland seit 1945 Landtagswahlen Land Baden-Württemberg https://www.wahlen-in-deutschland.de/blBawue.htm wahlen-in-deutschland.de de 2025-05-19 |- | colspan=8 | center|350px |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=Christian Democratic Union of Germany| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 1,718,261 | align=right| 44.23 | align=right| 1.95 | align=right| 60 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 47.24% |- | bgcolor=Social Democratic Party of Germany| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 1,124,696 | align=right| 28.95 | align=right| 8.35 | align=right| 37 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 29.13% |- | bgcolor=Free Democratic Party (Germany)| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 560,145 | align=right| 14.42 | align=right| 1.37 | align=right| 18 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 14.17% |- | bgcolor=National Democratic Party of Germany| | align=left | National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) | align=right| 381,569 | align=right| 9.42 | align=right| New | align=right| 12 | align=right| New | align=right| 9.45 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=German Communist Party| | align=left | Democratic Left | align=right| 88,187 | align=right| 2.27 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=#F0C219| | align=left | Action Group of Independent Germans | align=right| 11,030 | align=right| 0.29 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Social Union | align=right| 441 | align=right| 0.01 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 3,884,647 ! align=right| 97.84 ! align=right| ! align=right| 127 ! align=right| 7 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Invalid votes ! align=right| 85,895 ! align=right| 2.16 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| 3,970,542 ! align=right| 70.75 ! align=right| 3.01 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |} References 1968 Category:April 1968 in Europe Category:1968 elections in Germany Category:1960s in Baden-Württemberg Category:1968 in West Germany