The 1998 Bavarian state election was held on 13 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th
Landtag of Bavaria. The
Christian Social Union (CSU) led by
Minister-President
A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. It ...
Edmund Stoiber
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retained its majority with minor gains, while the opposition took minor losses. The largest change in the election was the rise in popularity of the
Free Voters of Bavaria, who won 3.7% of the vote, but failed to win any seats.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Bavaria.
Opinion polling
Election result
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! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
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! Seats %
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Christian Social Union (CSU)
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, align= 52.9
, align= 0.8
, align= 123
, align= 3
, align= 60.3
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
(SPD)
, align= 3,501,900
, align= 28.7
, align= 1.3
, align= 67
, align= 3
, align= 32.8
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Alliance 90/The Greens
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(Grüne)
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, align= 5.7
, align= 0.4
, align= 14
, align= ±0
, align= 6.9
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, align=left ,
Free Voters of Bavaria (FW)
, align= 446,115
, align= 3.7
, align= 3.6
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, align=left ,
The Republicans (REP)
, align= 438,144
, align= 3.6
, align= 0.3
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Ecological Democratic Party
The Ecological Democratic Party (german: Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei, ÖDP) is a conservative and ecologist minor party in Germany. The ÖDP was founded in 1982.
The strongest level of voting support for the ÖDP is in Bavaria, where in ...
(ÖDP)
, align= 217,840
, align= 1.8
, align= 0.3
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism.
Current parties with that name include:
*Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ...
(FDP)
, align= 201,788
, align= 1.7
, align= 1.1
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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,
, align=left , Others
, align= 240,902
, align= 1.9
, align= 0.4
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 12,186,909
! align= 100.0
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! align= 204
! align= ±0
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 69.8
! align= 2.0
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Notes
Sources
The Federal Returning Officer
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Bavaria
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1998
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Events January
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1998 in Bavaria
September 1998 events in Europe