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Bavaria Bavarian Landtag Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
CSU
62.1 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
3
±0 compared to 1970
Voter Turnout
77.7 %
-1.8 percentage points compared to 1970
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Final Official Results of the Bavarian Landtag Election

The bars show each party's vote share, the chips the swing since the previous election. Bavarian Landtag Election Results, Held October 27, 1974

CSU
62.1
+5.7
SPD
30.2
-3.1
FDP
5.2
-0.4
Heimat
1.1
-1.8
BP
0.8
-0.5
DKP
0.4
±0.0
BSP
0.2
+0.2
KPD-AO
0.1
+0.1
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 64.7% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the Bavarian Landtag Election

Total seats
204
Majority
103

Parties

  1. CSU 132 64.7%
  2. SPD 64 31.4%
  3. FDP 8 3.9%
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Who Governed Bavaria After the Landtag Election?

Election Day 10/27/1974 Government formation 16 days Goppel IV 11/12/1974 – 11/07/1978

Goppel IV

 November 12, 1974 – November 7, 1978 · 3 years 11 months
132 of 204 seats
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Right CSU 62.1 % +5.7 132 +8
Centre-Left SPD 30.2 % -3.1 64 -6
Liberal FDP 5.2 % -0.4 8 -2
Far-Right Die Heimat 1.1 % -1.8 0 ±0
Right Bayernpartei 0.8 % -0.5 0 ±0
Unknown Deutsche Kommunistische Partei 0.4 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Regional Bayerische Staatspartei 0.2 % +0.2 0 ±0
Far-Left KPD-Aufbauorganisation 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0

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