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Bavaria state election, 2008

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The 2008 Bavarian state election was held on September 28, 2008. Voters of the German state of Bavaria elected members to the Bavarian Landtag (state legislature).

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[edit] Outcome

  • The CSU had its poorest result since the election of 1954, and in so doing lost its majority in the Landtag of Bavaria for the first time in 46 years.[1][2] The CSU will have to find coalition partners in the next Landtag, presumably the FDP.
  • The SPD also fared poorly, itself having its worst result ever in this election, polling just 18.6% and losing 2 seats. This didn't keep the SPD from claiming themselves as winner of the election, with regard to the losses of the formerly ruling CSU.
  • The free-market classic-liberal FDP entered to the Landtag again, after a 14-year absence.
  • The Free Voters grassroots movement entered the Landtag for the first time. Its 21 seats in the new Landtag will make it the third largest "party".
  • The socialist Linke party stood for the first time in Bavaria. Its 4.3% vote-share failed to surpass the 5% threshold, thus it gained no seats.
  • The far-right NPD made its first serious attempt in Bavaria in decades, but failed to establish itself.

[edit] Results

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Summary of the 28 September 2008 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria
Party Ideology Vote % (change) Seats (change) Seat %
Christian Social Union (CSU) center-right 43.4% -17.3% 92 -32 49.2%
Social Democratic Party (SPD) center-left 18.6% -1.0% 39 -2 20.9%
Free Voters (FW) various, lean right 10.2% +6.2% 21 +21 11.2%
Alliance '90/The Greens environmental, left-wing 9.4% +1.7% 19 +4 10.2%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) free market/centrist 8.0% +5.4% 16 +16 8.6%
The Left (Die Linke) left-wing/eurocommunist 4.3% +4.3% 0 +0 0%
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) environmental, center-right 2.0% +0.0% 0 +0 0%
Republicans (Die Republikaner) far-right 1.4% -0.9% 0 +0 0%
National Democratic Party (NPD) far-right, nationalist 1.2% +1.2% 0 +0 0%
Bavarian Party (BP) center-right, secessionist 1.1% +0.3% 0 +0 0%
All Others 0.4% +0.0% 0 +0 0%
Total 100.0%   187 +7 100.0%

Turnout was at 58.1%, about a percent higher than in 2003.

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