Bavarian state election, 2013
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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.[1]
Political parties
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU)
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
- Free voters (Freie Wähler)
- Alliance 90 / The Greens (Die Grünen)
- Free Democratic Party (FDP)
- The left (Die Linke)
- Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)
- The Republicans (REP)
- Bavaria Party (BP)
- Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)
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Election result
Summary of the 15 September 2013 election results[2] for the Landtag of Bavaria
| Party | Ideology | Vote (change) | Vote % (change) | Seats (change) | Seats % | ||||
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| Christian Social Union (CSU) | Christian democracy, centre-right | 5,632,272 | +1,028,312 | 47.7% | +4.3 | 101 | +9 | 56.1% | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | Social democracy, centre-left | 2,436,515 | +464,078 | 20.6% | +2.0 | 42 | +3 | 23.3% | |
| Free Voters (FW) | Various, lean right | 1,062,244 | -23,652 | 9.0% | -1.2 | 19 | -2 | 10.6% | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens (Grünen) | Environmental, centre-left | 1,018,652 | +19,541 | 8.6% | -0.8 | 18 | -1 | 10.0% | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | Liberalism | 389,584 | -457,643 | 3.3% | -4.7 | - | -16 | - | |
| The Left (Die Linke) | Democratic socialism, left-wing | 251,086 | -210,669 | 2.1% | -2.2 | - | - | - | |
| Bavaria Party (BP) | Secessionism, centre-right | 247,282 | +130,818 | 2.1% | +1.0 | - | - | - | |
| Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | Environmental, centre-right | 239,235 | +27,035 | 2.0% | +0.0 | - | - | - | |
| Pirate Party (Piraten) | Pirate politics | 234,221 | n/a | 2.0% | n/a | - | - | - | |
| The Republicans (REP) | National conservatism, eurosceptic, right-wing | 117,633 | -28,440 | 1.0% | −0.4 | - | - | - | |
| Party for Franconia (Die Franken) | Regionalist | 87,237 | n/a | 0.7% | n/a | - | - | - | |
| National Democratic Party (NPD) | Far-right, fascist | 74,895 | -48,504 | 0.6% | -0.6 | - | - | - | |
| All Others | 22,019 | n/a | 0.2% | n/a | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 11,812,965 | 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
| Pollster | Date | CSU | SPD | FW | Greens | FDP | Left | Pirates | Others |
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| 2008 election | 28 September 2008 | 43.4 % | 18.6 % | 10.2 % | 9.4 % | 8.0 % | 4.3 % | – | 6.1 % |
| Emnid | 12 September 2013 | 47% | 18% | 8% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 6 September 2013 | 48% | 20% | 8% | 10% | 4% | – | – | 7% |
| Infratest dimap | 5 September 2013 | 47% | 21% | 7% | 11% | 3% | 3% | – | 8% |
| GMS | 3 September 2013 | 47% | 18% | 8% | 13% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
| Emnid | 28 August 2013 | 48% | 18% | 8% | 13% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Infratest dimap | 17 July 2013 | 47% | 18% | 8% | 15% | 3% | 3% | – | 6% |
| GMS | 11 July 2013 | 47% | 19% | 10% | 11% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
| Emnid | 10 July 2013 | 47% | 19% | 9% | 11% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 14 June 2013 | 46% | 20% | 10% | 13% | 4% | – | – | 7% |
| GMS | 11 June 2013 | 46% | 20% | 9% | 11% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Forsa | 28 May 2013 | 46% | 20% | 9% | 12% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| GMS | 2 May 2013 | 47% | 20% | 8% | 13% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| INSA | 22 April 2013 | 49% | 18% | 9% | 16% | 2% | 2% | – | 4% |
| GMS | 6 March 2013 | 48% | 21% | 8% | 12% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| TNS Infratest | 12 February 2013 | 46% | 19% | 8% | 15% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Emnid | 10 February 2013 | 48% | 20% | 9% | 12% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Emnid | 15 January 2013 | 48% | 20% | 8% | 12% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Forsa | 10 January 2013 | 46% | 18% | 9% | 13% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 5% |
| Infratest dimap | 9 January 2013 | 47% | 19% | 9% | 14% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| GMS[3] | 15 December 2012 | 49% | 22% | 8% | 10% | 4% | – | 4% | – |
| GMS | 20 November 2012 | 48% | 20% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 4% | – |
| GMS | 19 October 2012 | 48% | 20% | 8% | 10% | 5% | – | 4% | 5% |
| Emnid | 14 October 2012 | 48% | 21% | 8% | 10% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Emnid | 18 September 2012 | 47% | 21% | 9% | 10% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Emnid | 13 August 2012 | 46% | 20% | 8% | 12% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 3% |
| GMS | 17 July 2012 | 47% | 19% | 8% | 10% | 4% | – | 7% | – |
| Forsa | 4 July 2012 | 43% | 23% | 9% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 4% |
| Emnid | 24 June 2012 | 44% | 22% | 6% | 13% | 3% | 1% | 7% | 4% |
| Emnid | 20 April 2012 | 46% | 20% | 7% | 12% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 3% |
| Emnid | 24 March 2012 | 46% | 20% | 8% | 13% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | 4 January 2012 | 44% | 21% | 8% | 14% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
| GMS | 4 January 2012 | 42% | 22% | 9% | 12% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Emnid | 21 December 2011 | 44% | 21% | 9% | 13% | 2% | 2% | 5% | - |
| Forsa | 11 December 2011 | 41% | 24% | 9% | 10% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
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