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2013 Bavarian state election

State election in Germany

State election in Germany

FieldValue
election_name2013 Bavarian state election
countryBavaria
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election2008 Bavarian state election
previous_year2008
next_election2018 Bavarian state election
next_year2018
seats_for_electionAll 180 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria
majority_seats91
turnout11,812,965 (63.6%)
5.7%
election_date15 September 2013
image1[[File:12-07-17-landtagsprojekt-bayern-RalfR-001.jpg150x150px]]
leader1Horst Seehofer
party1Christian Social Union in Bavaria
last_election192 seats, 43.4%
seats1101
popular_vote15,632,272
seat_change19
percentage147.7%
swing14.3%
image2[[File:Christian Ude-295.jpg150x150px]]
leader2Christian Ude
party2Social Democratic Party of Germany
last_election239 seats, 18.6%
seats242
popular_vote22,436,515
seat_change23
percentage220.6%
swing22.0%
image4[[File:Hubert Aiwanger 2012 - RalfR.jpg150x150px]]
leader4Hubert Aiwanger
party4Free Voters of Bavaria
last_election421 seats, 10.2%
seats419
popular_vote41,062,244
seat_change42
percentage49.0%
swing41.2%
image5[[File:Margarete Bause2.jpg150x150px]]
leader5Margarete Bause
party5Alliance 90/The Greens
last_election519 seats, 9.4%
seats518
popular_vote51,018,652
seat_change51
percentage58.6%
swing50.8%
map_image2013 Bavarian state election.svg
map_size300px
map_captionResults for the single-member constituencies
titleMinister-President
posttitleMinister-President designate
before_electionHorst Seehofer
before_partyChristian Social Union in Bavaria
after_electionHorst Seehofer
after_partyChristian Social Union in Bavaria

5.7%

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. 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.

NameIdeologyLeader(s)2008 resultVotes (%)Seats
Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}"**CSU**Christian Social Union in Bavaria
*Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern*Christian democracyHorst Seehofer43.4%
Social Democratic Party of Germany}}"**SPD**Social Democratic Party of Germany
*Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands*Social democracyChristian Ude18.6%
Free Voters of Bavaria}}"**FW**Free Voters of Bavaria
*Freie Wähler Bayern*RegionalismHubert Aiwanger10.2%
Alliance 90/The Greens}}"**Grüne**Alliance 90/The Greens
*Bündnis 90/Die Grünen*Green politicsMargarete Bause9.4%
Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}"**FDP**Free Democratic Party
*Freie Demokratische Partei*Classical liberalismMartin Zeil8.0%

Opinion polling

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
sizeCSUSPDFWGrüneFDPLinkePiratenOthersLeadChristian Social Union in Bavaria}};"Social Democratic Party of Germany}};"Free Voters of Bavaria}};"Alliance 90/The Greens}};"Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};"The Left (Germany)}};"Pirate Party Germany}};"
[2013 state election](https://www.wahlrecht.de/news/2013/landtagswahl-bayern-2013.html#absolut)15 Sep 2013–**47.7**20.69.08.63.32.12.06.7Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27.1
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)4–5 Sep 2013~1,000**47**188124434Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"29
[Forschungsgruppe Wahlen](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)3–5 Sep 20131,010**48**208104––10Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)3–5 Sep 20131,006**47**2171133–8Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)30 Aug – 2 Sep 20131,009**47**188135324Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"29
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)23–24 Aug 20131,000**48**188134333Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"30
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)11–15 Jul 20131,004**47**1881533–6Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"29
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)8–10 Jul 20131,007**47**1910115224Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)4–6 Jul 20131,000**47**199115333Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[Forschungsgruppe Wahlen](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)10–12 Jun 20131,009**46**2010134––7Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)3–10 Jun 20131,309**46**209114325Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)8–25 May 20131,102**46**209124325Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)28–30 Apr 20131,008**47**208133225Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27
[INSA](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)15–17 Apr 20131,005**49**1891622–4Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"31
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)4–15 Feb 20131,004**48**21812332?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27
[TNS Infratest](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)28 Jan – 6 Feb 20131,001**46**198153234Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)5–7 Feb 20131,001**48**20912323?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)??**48**20812333?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)17 Dec 2012–8 Jan 20131,119**46**189133425Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)3–7 Jan 20131,000**47**199143233Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)4–7 Dec 20121,100**49**228104?4?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)22–30 Oct 2012?**48**20810524?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)16–18 Oct 20121,007**48**208105243Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)26 Sep – 10 Oct 20121,001**48**218104243Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)??**47**219103253Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)27–30 Jul 20121,000**46**208123263Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)June 20121,000**46**196/8104?9/7?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)21–29 Jun 20121,150**43**239112264Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"20
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)20–21 Jun 20121,000**44**226133174Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"22
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)16–18 Apr 20121,000**46**207122283Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)15–20 Mar 20121,001**46**208132254Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)2–3 Jan 20121,000**44**218143244Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"23
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)30 Dec 2011–3 Jan 20121,002**42**229122256Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"20
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)December 20121,000**44**21913225?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"23
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)26 Oct – 25 Nov 20111,002**41**249103364Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"17
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)September 2011?**43**2091723–6Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"23
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)31 Aug – 1 Sep 20111,000**44**189184?–?Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)15–26 Aug 20111,007**41**21101634–5Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"20
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)6–8 Jun 20111,002**42**1961844–7Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"23
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)6–8 Jun 20111,000**45**1582044–4Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"25
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)11–17 Mar 20111,000**46**1771744–5Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"29
[Forsa](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)4–14 Jan 20111,048**40**16102044–6Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"20
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)6–10 Jan 20111,000**46**174176415Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"29
[Emnid](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)10–12 Dec 20101,001**45**1861655–5Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"27
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)7–12 Jan 20101,001**41**17615113–5Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"24
[2009 federal election](2009-german-federal-election)27 Sep 2009–**42.6**16.8?10.814.76.5?8.6Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"25.8
[Infratest dimap](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)8–11 Jan 20091,000**45**171011103–4Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"28
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)4–5 Jan 20091,002**45**1981084–6Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[GMS](http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm)12–17 Dec 20081,002**45**1981084–6Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"26
[2008 state election](https://www.wahlrecht.de/news/2008/by-2008.htm)28 Sep 2008–**43.4**18.610.29.48.04.3–6.1Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"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.

Notes

References

References

  1. [https://www.thelocal.de/20181015/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-bavaria-election The winners and losers - 7 things you need to know about the Bavaria election]. ''The Local de''. (German edition). Published 15 October 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. "Wahlen".
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