Bavarian state election, 1998

Bavaria state election, 1998

13 September 1998

All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria   First party Second party Third party   Leader Edmund Stoiber Renate Schmidt Jerzy Montag Party CSU SPD Green Last election 120 seats 70 seats 14 seats Seats won 123 67 14 Seat change 3 26 Percentage 52.9% 28.7% 5.7% Swing 0.1% 1.3% 0.4%

Minister President before election Edmund Stoiber CSU Resulting Minister President Edmund Stoiber CSU

The Bavaria state election, 1998, was conducted on September 13, 1998, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of Bavaria.

Results

Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage (change)		Total Seats (change)		Seat percentage
Christian Social Union (CSU)	6,447,764	52.9%	+0.1%	123	+3	60.3%
Social Democratic Party	3,501,900	28.7%	-1.3%	67	-3	32.8%
Alliance '90/The Greens	692,456	5.7%	-0.4%	14	=	6.9%
Free Voters of Bavaria	446,115	3.7%	+3.7%	0	+0	0.0%
The Republicans	438,144	3.6%	-0.3%	0	+0	0.0%
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)	217,840	1.8%	-0.3%	0	+0	0.0%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	201,788	1.7%	-1.1%	0	+0	0.0%
All Others	240,902	1.9%	-0.4%	0	+0	0.0%
Totals	12,186,909	100.0%		204		100.0%

Post-election

Edmund Stoiber remained Minister-President, with the CSU forming a government without a coalition.

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer