Bavaria state election, 2008
- Bavaria state election, 2008
The 2008 Bavarian state election was held on September 28, 2008. Voters of the German state of Bavaria elected members to the Bavarian Landtag (state legislature).
Outcome
*The CSU had its poorest result since the election of 1954, and in so doing lost its majority in the Landtag of Bavaria for the first time in 46 years. [cite news |title=Bavarian conservatives lose state majority in damaging defeat |url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3677656,00.html |date=2008-09-29 |accessdate=2008-09-30 |publisher=Deutsche Welle ] [ [http://www.n-tv.de/Koalitionspartner_noetig_Fiasko_fuer_die_CSU/280920085818/1030029.html n-tv:Fiasko für die CSU] ] The CSU will have to find coalition partners in the next Landtag, presumably the FDP.
*This result was seen as a stinging defeat for Chancellor Angela Merkel, dampening hopes for the CDU/CSU in the upcoming federal election in 2009.
*The SPD also fared poorly, itself having its worst result ever in this election, polling just 18.6% and losing 2 seats.
*The free-market classic-liberal FDP entered to the Landtag again, after a 14-year absence.
*The Free Voters grassroots movement entered the Landtag for the first time. Its 21 seats in the new Landtag will make it the third largest "party".
*The socialist Linke party stood for the first time in Bavaria. Its 4.3% vote-share failed to surpass the 5% threshold, thus it gained no seats.
*The far-right NPD made its first serious attempt in Bavaria in decades, but failed to establish itself.
Results
Turnout was at 58.1%, about a percent higher than in 2003.
References
External websites
* [http://www.landtagswahl2008.bayern.de/taba2990.html Official results] de icon
* [http://event.faz.net/landtagswahlen/?bl=BAY Article] by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung de icon
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