Bavarian state election, 2013

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Bavarian state election, 2013
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All 180 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria
91 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.6% [1]
 First partySecond party
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Leader Horst Seehofer Christian Ude
Party CSU SPD
Last election92 seats, 43.4%39 seats, 18.6%
Seats won10142
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Increase2.svg 3
Percentage47.7%20.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.3%Increase2.svg 2.0%
 Third partyFourth party
  Hubert Aiwanger 2012 - RalfR.jpg Margarete Bause2.jpg
Leader Hubert Aiwanger Margarete Bause
Party FW Green
Last election21 seats, 10.2%19 seats, 9.4%
Seats won1918
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Percentage9.0%8.6%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.2%Decrease2.svg 0.8%
Bavaria Landtag 2013.svg
Composition of the Landtag of Bavaria
Minister-President before election

Horst Seehofer
CSU

Minister-President designate

Horst Seehofer
CSU

The 2013 Bavarian state election was held on 15 September 2013 to elect the 180 members of the 17th Landtag of Bavaria. It was held one week before the 2013 German federal election. The CSU won an absolute majority, while the FDP, a coalition party in the outgoing Bavarian government, did not receive enough votes to enter the new parliament. [2]

Bavaria State in Germany

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres, Bavaria is the largest German state by land area. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's main cities are Munich and Nuremberg.

Landtag of Bavaria legislature of the state of Bavaria, Germany

The Landtag of Bavaria is the unicameral legislature of the state of Bavaria in Germany. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum in Munich.

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Political parties

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Election result

Summary of the 15 September 2013 election results [3] for the Landtag of Bavaria

PartyIdeologyVote (change)Vote % (change)Seats (change)Seats %
Christian Social Union (CSU) Christian democracy, centre-right 5,632,272+1,028,31247.7%+4.3101+956.1%
Social Democratic Party (SPD) Social democracy, centre-left 2,436,515+464,07820.6%+2.042+323.3%
Free Voters (FW)Various, lean right1,062,244-23,6529.0%-1.219-210.6%
Alliance '90/The Greens (Grünen) Green politics, centre-left 1,018,652+19,5418.6%-0.818-110.0%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) Liberalism 389,584-457,6433.3%-4.7--16-
The Left (Die Linke) Democratic socialism, left-wing251,086-210,6692.1%-2.2---
Bavaria Party (BP) Secessionism, centre-right247,282+130,8182.1%+1.0---
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)Environmental, centre-right239,235+27,0352.0%+0.0---
Pirate Party (Piraten) Pirate politics 234,221n/a2.0%n/a---
The Republicans (REP) National conservatism, Eurosceptic, right-wing 117,633-28,4401.0%−0.4---
Party for Franconia (Die Franken) Regionalist 87,237n/a0.7%n/a---
National Democratic Party (NPD) Far-right, fascist 74,895-48,5040.6%-0.6---
All Others22,019n/a0.2%n/a---
Total11,812,965 100.0%180-7

The CSU regained an absolute majority of the seats, which they lost 5 years ago after about 50 years of one party government. The FDP fell below the 5% threshold for obtaining seats. SPD, Grünen and FW stayed in opposition. A record number of 14.1% of the votes cast are not represented in the Landtag because of the 5% threshold.

Opinion polls

PollsterDateCSUSPDFWGreensFDPLeftPiratesOthers
2008 election 28 September 200843.4 %18.6 %10.2 %9.4 %8.0 %4.3 %–6.1 %
Emnid12 September 201347%18%8%12%4%4%3%4%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen6 September 201348%20%8%10%4%––7%
Infratest dimap5 September 201347%21%7%11%3%3%–8%
GMS3 September 201347%18%8%13%5%3%2%4%
Emnid28 August 201348%18%8%13%4%3%3%3%
Infratest dimap17 July 201347%18%8%15%3%3%–6%
GMS11 July 201347%19%10%11%5%2%2%4%
Emnid10 July 201347%19%9%11%5%3%3%3%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen14 June 201346%20%10%13%4%––7%
GMS11 June 201346%20%9%11%4%3%2%5%
Forsa 28 May 201346%20%9%12%4%3%2%5%
GMS2 May 201347%20%8%13%3%2%2%5%
INSA22 April 201349%18%9%16%2%2%–4%
GMS6 March 201348%21%8%12%3%3%2%3%
TNS Infratest12 February 201346%19%8%15%3%2%3%4%
Emnid10 February 201348%20%9%12%3%2%3%3%
Emnid15 January 201348%20%8%12%3%3%3%3%
Forsa10 January 201346%18%9%13%3%4%2%5%
Infratest dimap9 January 201347%19%9%14%3%2%3%3%
GMS [4] 15 December 201249%22%8%10%4%–4%–
GMS20 November 201248%20%8%10%5%2%4%–
GMS19 October 201248%20%8%10%5%–4%5%
Emnid14 October 201248%21%8%10%4%2%4%3%
Emnid18 September 201247%21%9%10%3%2%5%3%
Emnid13 August 201246%20%8%12%3%2%6%3%
GMS17 July 201247%19%8%10%4%–7%–
Forsa4 July 201243%23%9%11%2%2%6%4%
Emnid24 June 201244%22%6%13%3%1%7%4%
Emnid20 April 201246%20%7%12%2%2%8%3%
Emnid24 March 201246%20%8%13%2%2%5%4%
Infratest dimap4 January 201244%21%8%14%3%2%4%4%
GMS4 January 201242%22%9%12%2%2%5%6%
Emnid21 December 201144%21%9%13%2%2%5%-
Forsa11 December 201141%24%9%10%3%3%6%4%
PollsterDateCSUSPDFWGreensFDPLeftPiratesOthers


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References

  1. ↑ The winners and losers - 7 things you need to know about the Bavaria election. The Local de. (German edition). Published 15 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.wahlen.bayern.de/landtagswahlen/index.php
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Wahlumfragen zur Landtagswahl in Bayern.
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