1980 Baden-Württemberg state election

1980 Baden-Württemberg state election

← 1976 16 March 1980 1984 →
All 124 seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg 63 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,549,463 (71.99%) 3.46%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lothar Späth Erhard Eppler Jürgen Morlok Party CDU SPD FDP Last election 71 seats, 56.72% 41 seats, 33.29% 9 seats, 7.80% Seats won 68 40 10 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 2,407,798 1,468,873 374,633 Percentage 53.35% 32.55% 8.30% Swing 3.37% 0.74% 0.50%   Fourth party   Leader Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever Party Greens Last election Did not exist Seats won 6 Seat change New party Popular vote 241,303 Percentage 5.35% Swing New party
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election Lothar Späth CDU Elected Minister-President Lothar Späth CDU

The 1980 Baden-Württemberg state election was held on 16 March 1980 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government under Minister-President Lothar Späth was re-elected, retaining its majority. The election also marked the first time that the Greens were elected at either the state or federal level in Germany after being established as a nationwide party in January 1980, having previously secured four seats in Bremen's October 1979 election.^[1]