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Resolution criteria

The election is scheduled for 8 March 2026 (note: the user's question states May 8th, but the actual election date is March 8th). The market resolves to whichever party wins the most seats in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg uses a personalized proportional representation system with two votes: one for a constituency representative and one for a party's state list. The electoral threshold is 5%. Results will be verified through official sources such as the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office or major German news outlets.

Background

Baden-Württemberg is one of Germany's largest and most economically powerful federal states, home to more than 11 million people and widely regarded as Germany's industrial heartland, with global companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Bosch headquartered there. Since 2011, the state has been governed by the Green Party, making it the only German state ever to have a Green minister-president. Manuel Hagel was chosen as the CDU's lead candidate in mid-May 2025, while Andreas Stoch was nominated by the SPD. Cem Özdemir, a former Federal Minister, announced his intention to run as the Greens' lead candidate and was selected with overwhelming support on May 24, 2025.

Considerations

Weeks earlier polls had put the CDU in a clear lead, but they have since narrowed dramatically, with the most recent surveys placing the two parties neck and neck. In the months before the 2026 election, the CDU had been leading in polls, but the 2026 Iran war caused rising gas prices, and the Greens caught up with CDU in final polls. The voting age has been lowered to 16, with around 7.7 million people eligible to vote, including tens of thousands of 16 and 17 year olds.

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