All 187 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 94 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
10,612,275 (58.1%) 1.0%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Günther Beckstein
Franz Maget [de]
Hubert Aiwanger
Party
CSU
SPD
FW
Last election
124 seats, 60.7%
41 seats, 19.6%
0 seats, 4.0%
Seats won
92
39
21
Seat change
32
2
21
Popular vote
4,603,960
1,972,437
1,085,896
Percentage
43.4%
18.6%
10.2%
Swing
17.3%
1.0%
6.2%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Sepp Daxenberger
Martin Zeil
Party
Greens
FDP
Last election
15 seats, 7.7%
0 seats, 2.6%
Seats won
19
16
Seat change
4
16
Popular vote
999,111
847,227
Percentage
9.4%
8.0%
Swing
1.7%
5.4%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election
Günther Beckstein
CSU
Elected Minister-President
Horst Seehofer
CSU
The 2008 Bavarian state election was held on 28 September 2008 to elect the members of the Landtag of Bavaria. The result was a historic defeat for the Christian Social Union (CSU), which had governed with a majority uninterrupted since 1962, and had won over 60% of the vote in the 2003 election. Despite polling suggesting that the party would retain its majority with losses, it suffered a 17% swing and came up two seats short of a majority, its worst result since 1954. Minister-President and CSU leader Günther Beckstein subsequently resigned from both posts, and the Landtag elected Horst Seehofer as his successor after the CSU and Free Democratic Party (FDP) came to a coalition agreement.
The Free Voters of Bavaria entered the Landtag for the first time with 10% of the vote; the FDP also won seats for the first time in 14 years. The Left competed in its first Bavarian election, recording a modest result of 4.3%, but failing to win any seats.
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