Landtag of Bavaria
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The Landtag of Bavaria is the unicameral legislature of the state of Bavaria in Germany. Between 1946 and 1999 there was an upper house, the Senate of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum.
Elections to the Landtag are held every five years[1] and have to be conducted on a Sunday or public holiday[2]. The following elections have to be held no earlier then 59 month and no later then 62 month after the previous one[3], unless the Landtag is dissolved.
The next elections to the Bavarian Landtag are held on 28 September 2008[4].
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[edit] Composition of the Landtag after the 2003 elections
The last elections to the Bavarian Landtag were held on 21 September 2003.
| Party | Vote | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Union | 60.7% | 124 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 19.6% | 41 |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | 7.7% | 15 |
| Total | 180 |
The state government is formed by the CSU, with Günther Beckstein as Minister-president. He replaced Edmund Stoiber in this office in September 2007, who had been Minister President of Bavaria since 1998.
The 2003 election win for the CSU was the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany for a party to win a two-thirds majority of seats in an assembly at any level[5].
Elections are conducted using a proportional representation system, with a minimum of 5% vote share to receive any seats.
[edit] Election results in percent 1946 - 2003
| Year | CSU | SPD | B'90/Grüne | KPD | FDP | BP | BHE DG | GB BHE | NPD | WAV | Rep | FW | ödp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 58,3 | 28,8 | 5,3 | 2,5 | 5,1 | ||||||||
| 1946 | 52,3 | 28,6 | 6,1 | 5,7 | 7,4 | ||||||||
| 1950 | 27,4 | 28,0 | 7,1 | 17,9 | 12,3 | ||||||||
| 1954 | 38,0 | 28,1 | 7,2 | 13,2 | 10,2 | ||||||||
| 1958 | 45,6 | 30,8 | 5,6 | 8,1 | 8,6 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 47,5 | 35,3 | 5,9 | 4,8 | 5,1 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 48,1 | 35,8 | 5,1 | 3,2 | 7,4 | ||||||||
| 1970 | 56,4 | 33,3 | 5,6 | 1,3 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 62,1 | 30,2 | 5,2 | 0,8 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 59,1 | 31,4 | 6,2 | 0,4 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 58,3 | 31,9 | 4,6 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 0,4 | |||||||
| 1986 | 55,8 | 27,5 | 7,5 | 3,8 | 0,6 | 3,0 | 0,7 | ||||||
| 1990 | 54,9 | 26,0 | 6,4 | 5,2 | 0,8 | 4,9 | 1,7 | ||||||
| 1994 | 52,8 | 30,0 | 6,1 | 2,8 | 1,0 | 3,9 | 2,1 | ||||||
| 1998 | 52,9 | 28,7 | 5,7 | 1,7 | 0,7 | 3,6 | 3,7 | 1,8 | |||||
| 2003 | 60,7 | 19,6 | 7,7 | 2,6 | 0,8 | 2,2 | 4,0 | 2,0 |
Source:Wahlergebnisse seit 1946. Bavarian Landtag. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
Parties:
- BP: Bavaria Party - Bayernpartei
- CSU: Christian Social Union of Bavaria - Christlich Soziale Union Bayerns
- FDP: Free Democratic Party - Freie Demokratische Partei
- FW: Independents - Freie Wähler
- GB/BHE: Gesamtdeutscher Block/Block der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten
- B'90/Grüne: Alliance '90/The Greens - Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
- KPD: Communist Party of Germany - Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands
- NPD: National Democratic Party of Germany - Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands
- ödp: Ecological Democratic Party - Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei
- Rep: The Republicans - Die Republikaner
- SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany - Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschland
- WAV: Wirtschaftliche Aufbau Vereinigung
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website of the Bavarian Landtag (in German)
- Official website of the Bavarian Landtag (in English)
- Landeswahlgesetz - Laws and regulations governing elections in Bavaria (in German)
- Website of the Bavarian government (in German)
- Website of the Bavarian government (in English)
[edit] References
- ^ Landtag A-Z - Legislaturperiode (in German) Landtag website, accessed: 06 June 2008
- ^ Tag der Abstimmung - Election date (in German) Landeswahlgesetz, accessed: 6 June 2008
- ^ Bavarian costitution - Article 16 Legislative terms, new elections Landtag website, accessed: 7 June 2008
- ^ Wahltermine in Deutschland - Election dates for Germany (in German) Website of the Deutscher Bundestag, accessed: 06 June 2008
- ^ Stoiber - Dominant But Not Omnipotent American Institute for contemporary German studies, author: Prof. Clayton Clemens, accessed: 7 June 2008
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