Landtag of Baden-Württemberg


The Landtag of Baden-Württemberg is the state diet of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. It convenes in Stuttgart and currently consists of 143 members of five political parties. The majority before the 2016 election was a coalition of the Alliance '90/The Greens and the Social Democratic Party, supporting the cabinet of Green Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann. The current majority coalition is of the Alliance '90/The Greens and the CDU.

Current Composition

After the elections of 13 March 2016, the composition of the Landtag is as follows:
PartySeats
Alliance '90/The Greens 47
Christian Democratic Union 43
Social Democratic Party 19
Alternative for Germany 18
Free Democratic Party 12
Independent4

Elections are conducted using a proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats. However, there are some exceptions, making the Baden-Württemberg election system one of the most complicated in Germany.
The main difference in their electoral system compared to the federal Bundestag is that there are no list members, making all members local. Proportionality is maintained by parties awarding remaining seats to candidates within a party who didn't win a geographic district, ordered by most to least popular.
This does mean that a candidate who placed second within their district isn't guaranteed a seat, if other losers in their party were more popular and if their party only needs a small number of seats to maintain proportionality.

Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg have been: