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               Election Results in Germany from March 24, 1996

Baden-Württemberg

Rheinland Pfalz

Schleswig-Holstein

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ELECTION RESULTS IN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG

Distribution of Seats in the Parliament

    Party    No. of Seats
 CDU         69
 SPD         39
 Greens      19
 FDP         14
 Republikaner14

     Party     Percentage of Vote Gain/Loss (+/-)
      CDU             41.3              +1.7
      SPD             25.1              -4.3
    Greens            12.1              +2.6
      FDP              9.6              +3.7
 Republikaner          9.1              -1.8

Voter turnout: 67.5% (70.1% in 1992)

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ELECTION RESULTS IN RHINELAND PALATINATE

  Party  Percentage of Vote Gain/Loss (+/-)
   SPD          39.8               -5
   CDU          38.7               0
   FDP           8.9               +2
 Greens          6.9              +0.4

Distribution of Seats in the Parliament

 Party No. of Seats
 SPD   43
 CDU   41
 FDP   10
 Greens7

Voter turnout: 70.8% (73.9% in 1992)

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ELECTION RESULTS IN SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN

              Party               Percentage of Vote Gain/Loss (+/-)
               SPD                       39.8              -6.4
               CDU                       37.2              +3.4
              Greens                      8.1               +3
               FDP                        5.7              +0.1
 Südschleswigscher Wählerverband          2.5              +0.6
               DVU                        4.3               -2

Distribution of Seats in the Parliament

 Party No. of Seats
 SPD   33
 CDU   30
 Greens6
 FDP   4
 SSW   2

Voter turnout: 71.8% (71.7 in 1992)

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