2013 Bavarian state election
State election in Germany
2013 Bavarian state election Turnout 11,812,965 (63.6%)[ 1]
First party
Second party
Leader
Horst Seehofer
Christian Ude
Party
CSU
SPD
Last election
92 seats, 43.4%
39 seats, 18.6%
Seats won
101
42
Seat change
Popular vote
5,632,272
2,436,515
Percentage
47.7%
20.6%
Swing
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Hubert Aiwanger
Margarete Bause
Party
FW
Greens
Last election
21 seats, 10.2%
19 seats, 9.4%
Seats won
19
18
Seat change
Popular vote
1,062,244
1,018,652
Percentage
9.0%
8.6%
Swing
Results for the single-member constituencies
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 regained the absolute majority it had lost in 2008, while the Free Democratic Party (FDP), a member of the outgoing governing coalition, fell below the 5% electoral threshold and lost all its seats.[ 2] Minister-President Horst Seehofer continued in office.
This election was the last election in which a single party got an absolute majority in a state parliament until the 2022 Saarland state election . The CSU previously held an absolute majority, and therefore governed alone, from 1966 to 2008 and again from 2013 to 2018. Previously, even in the late 1990s, it was common that either the CDU/CSU or the SPD got an absolute majority in a state election. For example, this happened in Brandenburg in 1994 , 1998 in Lower Saxony and 1999 in Saxony
.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 16th Landtag of Bavaria.
Opinion polling
Polling firm
Fieldwork date
Sample
CSU
SPD
FW
Grüne
FDP
Linke
Piraten
Others
Lead
2013 state election
15 Sep 2013
–
47.7
20.6
9.0
8.6
3.3
2.1
2.0
6.7
27.1
Emnid
4–5 Sep 2013
~1,000
47
18
8
12
4
4
3
4
29
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen
3–5 Sep 2013
1,010
48
20
8
10
4
–
–
10
28
Infratest dimap
3–5 Sep 2013
1,006
47
21
7
11
3
3
–
8
26
GMS
30 Aug – 2 Sep 2013
1,009
47
18
8
13
5
3
2
4
29
Emnid
23–24 Aug 2013
1,000
48
18
8
13
4
3
3
3
30
Infratest dimap
11–15 Jul 2013
1,004
47
18
8
15
3
3
–
6
29
GMS
8–10 Jul 2013
1,007
47
19
10
11
5
2
2
4
28
Emnid
4–6 Jul 2013
1,000
47
19
9
11
5
3
3
3[ a]
28
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen
10–12 Jun 2013
1,009
46
20
10
13
4
–
–
7
26
GMS
3–10 Jun 2013
1,309
46
20
9
11
4
3
2
5
26
Forsa
8–25 May 2013
1,102
46
20
9
12
4
3
2
5
26
GMS
28–30 Apr 2013
1,008
47
20
8
13
3
2
2
5
27
INSA
15–17 Apr 2013
1,005
49
18
9
16
2
2
–
4
31
GMS
4–15 Feb 2013
1,004
48
21
8
12
3
3
2
?
27
TNS Infratest
28 Jan – 6 Feb 2013
1,001
46
19
8
15
3
2
3
4
27
Emnid
5–7 Feb 2013
1,001
48
20
9
12
3
2
3
?
28
Emnid
?
?
48
20
8
12
3
3
3
?
28
Forsa
17 Dec 2012–8 Jan 2013
1,119
46
18
9
13
3
4
2
5
28
Infratest dimap
3–7 Jan 2013
1,000
47
19
9
14
3
2
3
3
28
GMS
4–7 Dec 2012
1,100
49
22
8
10
4
?
4
?
27
GMS
22–30 Oct 2012
?
48
20
8
10
5
2
4
?
28
GMS
16–18 Oct 2012
1,007
48
20
8
10
5
2
4
3
28
Emnid
26 Sep – 10 Oct 2012
1,001
48
21
8
10
4
2
4
3
27
Emnid
?
?
47
21
9
10
3
2
5
3
26
Emnid
27–30 Jul 2012
1,000
46
20
8
12
3
2
6
3
26
GMS
June 2012
1,000
46
19
6/8[ b]
10
4
?
9/7[ c]
?
27
Forsa
21–29 Jun 2012
1,150
43
23
9
11
2
2
6
4
20
Emnid
20–21 Jun 2012
1,000
44
22
6
13
3
1
7
4
22
Emnid
16–18 Apr 2012
1,000
46
20
7
12
2
2
8
3
26
Emnid
15–20 Mar 2012
1,001
46
20
8
13
2
2
5
4
26
Infratest dimap
2–3 Jan 2012
1,000
44
21
8
14
3
2
4
4
23
GMS
30 Dec 2011–3 Jan 2012
1,002
42
22
9
12
2
2
5
6
20
Emnid
December 2012
1,000
44
21
9
13
2
2
5
?
23
Forsa
26 Oct – 25 Nov 2011
1,002
41
24
9
10
3
3
6
4[ d]
17
Emnid
September 2011
?
43
20
9
17
2
3
–
6
23
Emnid
31 Aug – 1 Sep 2011
1,000
44
18
9
18
4
?
–
?
26
Forsa
15–26 Aug 2011
1,007
41
21
10
16
3
4
–
5
20
GMS
6–8 Jun 2011
1,002
42
19
6
18
4
4
–
7
23
Emnid
6–8 Jun 2011
1,000
45
15
8
20
4
4
–
4
25
Emnid
11–17 Mar 2011
1,000
46
17
7
17
4
4
–
5
29
Forsa
4–14 Jan 2011
1,048
40
16
10
20
4
4
–
6
20
Infratest dimap
6–10 Jan 2011
1,000
46
17
4
17
6
4
1
5
29
Emnid
10–12 Dec 2010
1,001
45
18
6
16
5
5
–
5
27
Infratest dimap
7–12 Jan 2010
1,001
41
17
6
15
11
3
–
5
24
2009 federal election
27 Sep 2009
–
42.6
16.8
?
10.8
14.7
6.5
?
8.6
25.8
Infratest dimap
8–11 Jan 2009
1,000
45
17
10
11
10
3
–
4
28
GMS
4–5 Jan 2009
1,002
45
19
8
10
8
4
–
6
26
GMS
12–17 Dec 2008
1,002
45
19
8
10
8
4
–
6
26
2008 state election
28 Sep 2008
–
43.4
18.6
10.2
9.4
8.0
4.3
–
6.1[ e]
24.8
Election result
The CSU regained an absolute majority of the seats, which they had lost in the 2008 election after 50 years of single-party government. The FDP, which had governed with the CSU since 2008, fell below the 5% threshold and lost all its seats. SPD, the Greens and Free Voters remained in opposition. A record number of 14.1% of the votes cast went unrepresented in the Landtag because of the 5% threshold.
Summary of the 15 September 2013 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Christian Social Union (CSU)5,632,272 47.68 +4.3 101 +9 Social Democratic Party (SPD)2,436,515 20.63 +2.0 42 +3 Free Voters of Bavaria (FW)1,062,244 8.99 -1.2 19 -2 Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)1,018,652 8.62 -0.8 18 -1 Free Democratic Party (FDP)389,584 3.30 -4.7 0 -16 The Left (Linke)251,086 2.13 -22 0 ±0 Bavaria Party (BP)247,282 2.09 -2.2 0 ±0 Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)239,235 2.03 ±0.0 0 ±0 Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)234,221 1.98 New 0 New The Republicans (REP)117,633 1.00 -0.4 0 ±0 Party For Franconia 87,237 0.74 New 0 New National Democratic Party (NPD)74,895 0.63 ±0.0 0 ±0 Others 22,019 0.19 -0.2 0 ±0 Total 11,812,875 100.00 – 180 –
Popular vote
CSU
47.68%
SPD
20.63%
FW
8.99%
B'90/GRÜNE
8.62%
FDP
3.30%
DIE LINKE
2.13%
Others
8.65%
Seats
CSU
56.11%
SPD
23.33%
FW
10.55%
B'90/GRÜNE
10.00%
Notes
^ 1% AfD , 2% Other
^ The results of the poll differ between sources, and were not confirmed by the publisher.
^ The results of the poll differ between sources, and were not confirmed by the publisher.
^ 1% BP , 3% Other
^ 2.0% ÖDP , 1.4% REP , 2.7% Other
References
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