1998 Bavarian state election
13 September 1998
All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout12,186,909 (69.8%)
Increase 2.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edmund Stoiber Renate Schmidt Jerzy Montag
Party CSU SPD Greens
Last election 120 seats, 52.8% 70 seats, 30.0% 14 seats, 6.1%
Seats won 123 67 14
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3 Steady 0
Popular vote 6,447,764 3,501,900 692,456
Percentage 52.9% 28.7% 5.7%
Swing Increase 0.1% Decrease 1.3% Decrease 0.4%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Edmund Stoiber
CSU

 Elected Minister-President

Edmund Stoiber
CSU

The 1998 Bavarian state election was held on 13 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor gains, while the opposition took minor losses. The largest change in the election was the rise in popularity of the Free Voters of Bavaria, who won 3.7% of the vote, but failed to win any seats.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Bavaria.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result
Votes (%) Seats
CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern		 Christian democracy Edmund Stoiber 52.8%
120 / 204
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Renate Schmidt 30.0%
70 / 204
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics Jerzy Montag 6.1%
14 / 204

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CSU SPD Grüne REP FDP FW Others Lead
1998 state election 13 Sep 1998 – 52.9 28.7 5.7 3.6 1.7 3.7 3.7[lower-alpha 1] 24.2
Forsa  ?  ? 49 34 5 4 2 3 3 15
Polis 27 Aug–1 Sep 1998 1,010 50 33 6 3 3 3 2 17
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 24–26 Aug 1998 979 51 32 5 4 2 4 3 19
Infratest dimap 21–26 Aug 1998 1,000 50 32 5 2 3 4 4 18
Forsa  ?  ? 47 35 5 – 3 – 10[lower-alpha 2] 12
INRA 1998  ? 46 35  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 11
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 15–19 May 1998 1,011 46 34 5 4 3 2 6[lower-alpha 3] 12
INRA 1998 1,000 46 36 5 3 3 3  ? 10
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 16–18 Feb 1998 1,009 46 32 7 5 3 3 4 14
Forsa 31 Aug 1997 ~1,000 47 33  ?  ?  ? 3  ? 14
1994 state election 25 Sep 1994 – 52.8 30.0 6.1 3.9 2.8 0.1 4.3[lower-alpha 4] 22.8

Election result

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Christian Social Union (CSU)6,447,76452.91+0.8123+3
Social Democratic Party (SPD)3,501,90028.73-1.367-3
Alliance 90/The Greens Grüne)692,4565.68-0.414±0
Free Voters of Bavaria (FW)446,1153.66+3.60±0
The Republicans (REP)438,1443.60-0.30±0
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)217,8401.79-0.30±0
Free Democratic Party (FDP)201,7881.66-1.10±0
Others240,9021.98-0.40±0
Total12,186,909100.00–204–
Popular vote
CSU
 
 52.91%
SPD
 
 28.73%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 5.68%
Other
 
 12.68%
Landtag seats
CSU
 
 60.29%
SPD
 
 32.84%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 6.86%

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.8% ÖDP, 1.9% Other
  2. ↑ 4% Right-wing parties, 6% Other
  3. ↑ 3% ÖDP, 3% Other
  4. ↑ 2.1% ÖDP, 2.2% Other

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