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Bavaria: All parties at a glance

Parties in the parliament

Since 2018 6 parties are present in the Bavarian state parliament. CSU and Freie Wähler form the government, AfD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, FDP and SPD form the opposition. To enter the Bavarian state parliament, parties must achieve at least 5% of the valid votes. In addition, candidates who achieve a direct mandate in a constituency of the Bavarian state parliament election also enter the state parliament.

AfD

Name Alternative für Deutschland
Translation Alternative for Germany
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament ID
Political orientation arrow_forward_iosarrow_forward_ios Right-wing
Latest election trend 9% - Increasing
All information at a glance: AfD

Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

Name Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Translation Alliance ’90/The Greens
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament Greens
Political orientation nature Environment & Climate
Latest election trend 23.3% - Increasing
All information at a glance: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

CSU

Name Christlich-Soziale Union
Translation Christian Social Union
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament EPP
Political orientation arrow_forward_ios Centre-right
Government star Part of the government
Latest election trend 36.7% - Declining
All information at a glance: CSU

FDP

Name Freie Demokratische Partei
Translation Free Democratic Party
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament RE
Political orientation zoom_out_map Liberal politics
Latest election trend 6.8% - Increasing
All information at a glance: FDP

Freie Wähler

Name Freie Wähler
Translation Free Voters
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament RE
Political orientation arrow_forward_ios Centre-right
Government star Part of the government
Latest election trend 9% - Increasing
All information at a glance: Freie Wähler

SPD

Name Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Translation Social Democratic Party of Germany
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament S&D
Political orientation arrow_back_ios Centre-left
Latest election trend 8.8% - Increasing
All information at a glance: SPD

Other important parties

Bayernpartei

Name Bayernpartei
Political orientation arrow_forward_ios Centre-right
Latest election trend 1% - Stable
All information at a glance: Bayernpartei

Die Linke

Name Die Linke
Translation The Left
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament Left
Political orientation arrow_back_iosarrow_back_ios Left-wing
Latest election trend 3% - Stable
All information at a glance: Die Linke

Die PARTEI

Name Die PARTEI
Translation Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament Greens
Political orientation mood Satire
All information at a glance: Die PARTEI

Piratenpartei

Name Piratenpartei
Translation Pirate Party Germany
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament Greens
Political orientation arrow_back_iosarrow_back_ios Left-wing
All information at a glance: Piratenpartei

Volt

Name Volt
Translation Volt
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament Greens
Political orientation arrow_back_ios Centre-left
Latest election trend 1.3% - Stable
All information at a glance: Volt

ÖDP

Name Ökologisch Demokratische Partei
Translation Ecological Democratic Party
Parliamentary Group in the EU Parliament Greens
Political orientation nature Environment & Climate
All information at a glance: ÖDP