1978 Bavarian state election

1978 Bavarian state election

← 1974 15 October 1978 1982 →
All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	11,468,095 (76.6%) 1.0%
First party Second party   Leader Franz Strauss Helmut Rothemund Party CSU SPD Last election 132 seats, 62.1% 64 seats, 30.2% Seats won 129 65 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 6,782,091 3,599,479 Percentage 59.1% 31.4% Swing 3.0% 1.2%   Third party   Party FDP Last election 8 seats, 5.2% Seats won 10 Seat change 2 Popular vote 711,348 Percentage 6.2% Swing 1.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election Alfons Goppel CSU Elected Minister-President Franz Strauss CSU

Alfons Goppel (CSU) had already announced before the election that he would not run for another term as Bavarian Minister-President after 16 years of service. The CSU chairman Franz Josef Strauss, the then economic and fiscal spokesman of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag, therefore took over the top candidacy and thus ran to be Goppel's successor.

Helmut Rothemund, who took over the state presidency of Hans-Jochen Vogel in 1977, was the first member of the SPD.

After the election, the CSU formed government under the leadership of Strauss. ^[1]

Election result

Summary of the 10 October 1982 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Christian Social Union (CSU)	6,782,091	59.1% [1]	3.0%	129	3	63.2%
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	3,599,479	31.4% [1]	1.2%	65	1	31.9%
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	711,348	6.2% [1]	1.0%	10	2	4.9%
	AUD-GAZ (AUD)	210,977	1.8%	1.8%	0	±0	0
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	66,926	0.6%	0.5%	0	±0	0
	Bavaria Party (BP)	50,004	0.4%	0.4%	0	±0	0
	German Communist Party (DKP)	33,182	0.3%	0.1%	0	±0	0
	Others	14,088	0.1%		0	±0	0
Total		11,468,095	100%		204	±0
Voter turnout			76.6%	1.1%
Source: Statistik Bayern

Popular vote

CSU			59.1%
SPD			31.4%
FDP			6.2%
AUD-GAZ			1.8%
NPD			0.6%
Other			0.8%

Landtag seats

CSU			63.2%
SPD			31.9%
FDP			4.9%

References

1. "Bavariathek Bayern: Landtage seit 1819 - Der Landtag 1978-1982 (9. Legislaturperiode)". bavariathek.bayern (in German).

Sources

• Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik