Politics of Bavaria - 2008 Election Result

2008 Election Result

See also: Bavaria state election, 2008

The most recent state election was held on 28 September 2008. The CSU had its worst result since the Adenauer era, and lost its majority in the Landtag for the first time in 46 years.


e • d Summary of the 28 September 2008 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria
Party Ideology Vote % (change) Seats (change) Seat %
Christian Social Union (CSU) Centre-right 43.4% -17.3% 92 -32 49.2%
Social Democratic Party (SPD) Centre-left 18.6% -1.0% 39 -2 20.9%
Free Voters (FW) Various, lean right 10.2% +6.2% 21 +21 11.2%
Alliance '90/The Greens Environmental, left-wing 9.4% +1.7% 19 +4 10.2%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) Classical liberalism 8.0% +5.4% 16 +16 8.6%
The Left (Die Linke) Left-wing 4.3% +4.3%
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) Environmental, centre-right 2.0% +0.0%
The Republicans (Republikaner) Right-wing 1.4% -0.9%
National Democratic Party (NPD) Far-right, nationalist 1.2% +1.2%
Bavaria Party (BP) Secessionist, center-right 1.1% +0.3%
Pensioners' Party (RRP) Pensioner's Advocacy 0.2% +0.2%
The Violets (Violetten) Spiritualist 0.1% +0.1%
Citizens' Bloc (BB) 0.1% +0.1%
All Others 0.0% +0.0%
Total 100.0% 187 +7 100.0%

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