 After local elections in December 1946, the Badische Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei (BCSV) emerged as the strongest party and its leader, Leo Wohleb, was appointed by the French administration as president of the state secretariat.In April 1947, the BCSV became associated with the federal Christian Democratic Union (CDU), renaming itself to "CDU Baden" and was thus a predecessor of CDU Baden-Württemberg.On 24 July 1947 the first and only state elections were held in Baden, with Wohleb's CDU winning an absolute majority of 55.9%.