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1998 Bavarian state election

{{Short description|State election in Germany}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1998 Bavarian state election

| country = Bavaria

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1994 Bavarian state election

| previous_year = 1994

| next_election = 2003 Bavarian state election

| next_year = 2003

| seats_for_election = All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria

| majority_seats = 103

| election_date = 13 September 1998

| turnout = 12,186,909 (69.8%)
{{increase}} 2.0%

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Edmund Stoiber

| party1 = Christian Social Union in Bavaria

| last_election1 = 120 seats, 52.8%

| seats1 = 123

| popular_vote1 = 6,447,764

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 3

| percentage1 = 52.9%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 0.1%

| image2 = 100x150px

| leader2 = Renate Schmidt

| party2 = Social Democratic Party of Germany

| last_election2 = 70 seats, 30.0%

| seats2 = 67

| popular_vote2 = 3,501,900

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 3

| percentage2 = 28.7%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 1.3%

| image3 = 100x150px

| leader3 = Jerzy Montag

| party3 = Alliance 90/The Greens

| last_election3 = 14 seats, 6.1%

| seats3 = 14

| popular_vote3 = 692,456

| seat_change3 = {{steady}} 0

| percentage3 = 5.7%

| swing3 = {{decrease}} 0.4%

| map_image = 1998 Bavarian state election.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = Results for the single-member constituencies.

| title = Minister-President

| before_election = Edmund Stoiber

| before_party = Christian Social Union of Bavaria

| after_election = Edmund Stoiber

| after_party = Christian Social Union of Bavaria

}}

The 1998 Bavarian state election was held on 13 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor gains, while the opposition took minor losses. The largest change in the election was the rise in popularity of the Free Voters of Bavaria, who won 3.7% of the vote, but failed to win any seats.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Bavaria.

class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2 colspan=3| Name

! rowspan=2| Ideology

! rowspan=2| Leader(s)

! colspan=2| 1994 result

Votes (%)

! Seats

bgcolor={{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}} |

| align=center| CSU

| Christian Social Union in Bavaria
{{small|Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern}}

| Christian democracy

| Edmund Stoiber

| align=center| 52.8%

| {{Composition bar|120|204|{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}} |

| align=center| SPD

| Social Democratic Party of Germany
{{small|Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands}}

| Social democracy

| Renate Schmidt

| align=center| 30.0%

| {{Composition bar|70|204|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}} |

| align=center| Grüne

| Alliance 90/The Greens
{{small|Bündnis 90/Die Grünen}}

| Green politics

| Jerzy Montag

| align=center| 6.1%

| {{Composition bar|14|204|{{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}}}

Opinion polling

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"
style="height:40px;"

! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm

! style="width:140px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date

! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample
size

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| CSU

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPD

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| REP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FW

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others

! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|The Republicans (Germany)}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};"|

! style="background:{{Party color|Free Voters of Bavaria}};"|

style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| [http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm 1998 state election]

| data-sort-value="1998-09-13"| 13 Sep 1998

| –

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 52.9

| 28.7

| 5.7

| 3.6

| 1.7

| 3.7

| 3.7{{efn|1.8% ÖDP, 1.9% Other}}

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 24.2

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Forsa]

| data-sort-value="1998-09-11"| ?

| ?

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 49

| 34

| 5

| 4

| 2

| 3

| 3

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 15

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Polis]

| data-sort-value="1998-09-06"| 27 Aug–1 Sep 1998

| 1,010

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 50

| 33

| 6

| 3

| 3

| 3

| 2

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 17

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Forschungsgruppe Wahlen]

| data-sort-value="1998-08-28"| 24–26 Aug 1998

| 979

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 51

| 32

| 5

| 4

| 2

| 4

| 3

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 19

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Infratest dimap]

| data-sort-value="1998-08-28"| 21–26 Aug 1998

| 1,000

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 50

| 32

| 5

| 2

| 3

| 4

| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 18

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Forsa]

| data-sort-value="1998-08-27"| ?

| ?

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 47

| 35

| 5

| –

| 3

| –

| 10{{efn|4% Right-wing parties, 6% Other}}

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 12

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm INRA]

| data-sort-value="1998-07-09"| 1998

| ?

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 46

| 35

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 11

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Forschungsgruppe Wahlen]

| data-sort-value="1998-05-22"| 15–19 May 1998

| 1,011

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 46

| 34

| 5

| 4

| 3

| 2

| 6{{efn|3% ÖDP, 3% Other}}

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 12

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm INRA]

| data-sort-value="1998-04-03"| 1998

| 1,000

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 46

| 36

| 5

| 3

| 3

| 3

| ?

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Forschungsgruppe Wahlen]

| data-sort-value="1998-02-21"| 16–18 Feb 1998

| 1,009

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 46

| 32

| 7

| 5

| 3

| 3

| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 14

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm Forsa]

| data-sort-value="1997-08-31"| 31 Aug 1997

| ~1,000

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 47

| 33

| ?

| ?

| ?

| 3

| ?

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 14

style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| [http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/bayern.htm 1994 state election]

| data-sort-value="1994-09-25"| 25 Sep 1994

| –

| {{Party shading/CSU}}| 52.8

| 30.0

| 6.1

| 3.9

| 2.8

| 0.1

| 4.3{{efn|2.1% ÖDP, 2.2% Other}}

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 22.8

Election result

{{Election results|captions=Summary of the 13 September 1998 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria|image=File:1998 Landtag of Bavaria.svg|color1=#008AC5|party1=Christian Social Union (CSU)|seats1=123|votes1=6447764|sw1=+0.8|sc1=+3|color2=#E3000F|party2=Social Democratic Party (SPD)|sc2=-3|seats2=67|sw2=-1.3|votes2=3501900|color3=#409A3C|party3=Alliance 90/The Greens Grüne)|sc3=±0|seats3=14|sw3=-0.4|votes3=692456|color4=#F7A800|party4=Free Voters of Bavaria (FW)|sc4=±0|seats4=0|sw4=+3.6|votes4=446115|color5=#0075BE|party5=The Republicans (REP)|sc5=±0|seats5=0|votes5=438144|sw5=-0.3|color6=#EB891B|party6=Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)|sc6=±0|seats6=0|sw6=-0.3|votes6=217840|color7=#FFED00|party7=Free Democratic Party (FDP)|sc7=±0|seats7=0|sw7=-1.1|votes7=201788|color8=#ddddbb|party8=Others|sc8=±0|seats8=0|sw8=-0.4|votes8=240902}}{{Bar box

| title=Popular vote

| titlebar=#dddddd

| width=600px

| barwidth=410px

| bars=

{{bar percent|CSU|{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|52.91}}

{{bar percent|SPD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|28.73}}

{{bar percent|B'90/GRÜNE|{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}}|5.68}}

{{bar percent|Other|{{Party color|Other}}|12.68}}

}}

{{Bar box

| title=Landtag seats

| titlebar=#dddddd

| width=600px

| barwidth=410px

| bars=

{{bar percent|CSU|{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|60.29}}

{{bar percent|SPD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|32.84}}

{{bar percent|B'90/GRÜNE|{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}}|6.86}}

}}

Notes

{{Notelist}}

Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20041206235227/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/e/index_e.htm The Federal Returning Officer]

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Bavaria

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