Bavarian state election, 1998

Bavaria state election, 1998
Bavaria
13 September 1998 (1998-09-13)

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 Increase 3 Decrease 26 Steady
Percentage 52.9% 28.7% 5.7%
Swing Increase 0.1% Decrease 1.3% Decrease 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

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