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

Election Winner
CSU
60.7 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
3
±0 compared to 1998
Voter Turnout
57.1 %
-12.7 percentage points compared to 1998
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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 September 21, 2003

CSU
60.7
+7.8
SPD
19.6
-9.1
Grüne
7.7
+2.0
FW
4.0
+0.3
FDP
2.6
+0.9
REP
2.2
-1.4
ÖDP
2.0
+0.2
BP
0.7
±0.0
PBC
0.2
+0.1
AUFBR.
0.1
+0.1
BüSO
0.1
+0.1
BB
< 0.1
±0.0
Franken
< 0.1
±0.0
UNABH.
< 0.1
±0.0
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 68.9% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the Bavarian Landtag Election

Total seats
180
Majority
91

Parties

  1. CSU 124 68.9%
  2. SPD 41 22.8%
  3. Grüne 15 8.3%
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Who Governed Bavaria After the Landtag Election?

Election Day 09/21/2003 Government formation 23 days Stoiber IV 10/14/2003 – 10/16/2007 Beckstein 10/16/2007 – 10/27/2008

Stoiber IV

 October 14, 2003 – October 16, 2007 · 4 years 2 days
124 of 180 seats

Beckstein

 October 16, 2007 – October 27, 2008 · 1 year 11 days
124 of 180 seats
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Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Right CSU 60.7 % +7.8 124 +1
Centre-Left SPD 19.6 % -9.1 41 -26
Environment & Climate Grüne 7.7 % +2.0 15 +1
Centre-Right Freie Wähler 4.0 % +0.3 0 ±0
Liberal FDP 2.6 % +0.9 0 ±0
Right Republikaner 2.2 % -1.4 0 ±0
Environment & Climate ÖDP 2.0 % +0.2 0 ±0
Right Bayernpartei 0.7 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Right Partei Bibeltreuer Christen 0.2 % +0.1 0 ±0
Unknown AUFBRUCH 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Transversal Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0
Centre-Right Bürger-Block < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Regional Freie Franken < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0
Center Unabhängige < 0.1 % ±0.0 0 ±0

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