1972 Baden-Württemberg state election
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23 April 1972
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All 120 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 61 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 4,798,775 (80.00%) 9.25% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results for the single-member constituencies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1972 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 23 April 1972 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Hans Filbinger was re-elected, this time gaining a majority in the Landtag.
After the 1968 Baden-Württemberg state election, the Christian Democratic Union and Social Democratic Party had formed a grand coalition. The neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany, which had been relatively successful in the 1968 election, receiving almost ten percent of the vote and twelve seats, chose not to participate in the 1972 election. Instead, they called on their supporters to vote for the Christian Democratic Union.[1]
The Christian Democratic Union was subsequently elected to a majority, the first time any party had ever won a majority in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg.
