The 2008 Bavarian state election was held on 28 September 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. The result was a historic defeat for the Christian Social Union (CSU), which had governed with a majority uninterrupted since 1962, and had won over 60% of the vote in the

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. Despite polling suggesting that the party would retain its majority with losses, it suffered a 17% swing and came up two seats short of a majority, its worst result since 1954. Minister-President and CSU leader Günther Beckstein subsequently resigned from both posts, and the Landtag elected Horst Seehofer as his successor after the CSU and

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(FDP) came to a coalition agreement. The Free Voters of Bavaria entered the Landtag for the first time with 10% of the vote; the FDP also won seats for the first time in 14 years. The Left competed in its first Bavarian election, recording a modest result of 4.3%, but failing to win any seats.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 15th Landtag of Bavaria.

Opinion polling

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Social Union (CSU) , align= 4,603,960 , align= 43.4 , align= 17.3 , align= 92 , align= 32 , align= 49.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Social Democratic Party (SPD) , align= 1,972,437 , align= 18.6 , align= 1.0 , align= 39 , align= 2 , align= 20.9 , - , bgcolor=#007E82, , align=left , Free Voters of Bavaria (FW) , align= 1,085,896 , align= 10.2 , align= 6.2 , align= 21 , align= 21 , align= 11.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(FDP) , align= 847,227 , align= 8.0 , align= 5.4 , align= 16 , align= 16 , align= 8.6 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 461,755 , align= 4.3 , align= New , align= 0 , align= New , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) , align= 212,200 , align= 2.0 , align= 0.0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 146,073 , align= 1.4 , align= 0.9 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 123,399 , align= 1.2 , align= 1.2 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=#386ABC, , align=left , Bavaria Party (BP) , align= 116,464 , align= 1.1 , align= 0.3 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , , align=left , Pensioners' Party (RRP) , align= 19,760 , align= 0.2 , align= New , align= 0 , align= New , align= 0 , - , , align=left , The Violets (Violetten) , align= 15,465 , align= 0.1 , align= New , align= 0 , align= New , align= 0 , - , , align=left , Citizens' Bloc (BB) , align= 7,306 , align= 0.1 , align= 0.0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , , align=left , Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (BüSo) , align= 1,222 , align= 0.0 , align= 0.1 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 10,612,275 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 187 ! align= 7 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 58.1 ! align= 1.0 ! align= ! align= ! align=

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References

External links

Official results

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