Bavaria Party

Bavaria Party Bayernpartei
Leader	Florian Weber
Founded	28 October 1946
Headquarters	Munich, Bavaria
Ideology	Bavarian independence, Bavarian Regionalism, Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	None
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
European Parliament Group	None
Official colours	White, Blue
Website
www.bayernpartei.de
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The Bavaria Party (German: Bayernpartei, BP) is a separatist political party in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It was founded in 1946 and describes itself as patriotic Bavarian, advocating Bavarian independence within the European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union it can be seen as an heir to the Bavarian People's Party which existed prior to World War II.

History

The party had some successes at the polls in the late 1940s and 1950s: 20.9 % of the vote in 1949 and 17 seats in the German Bundestag and, in 1950, 17.9 % and 39 seats in the Bavarian state parliament where in 1954 it formed a coalition with the Bavarian branches of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Free Democratic Party. This forced the Christian Social Union out of power for three years. Later, the Bavaria Party rapidly lost voters. It still exists but was last elected to the Bavarian state parliament in 1962.

In the 2008 local elections however, the party won 38 seats (compared to 32 in 2002), mostly in Upper Bavaria, including one of the 80 seats in the City Council of Munich, the 1.3 million capital, after 42 years of absence there.

Chairman

The current chairman of the party is Florian Weber from Regensburg in the Upper Palatinate.

Results from 1946

Year	Landtag election Total	Bundestag Second election	European Parliament
2008	1,1 %
2005		0,5 %
2004			1,0 %
2003	0,8 %
2002		0,1 %
1999			0,4 %
1998	0,7 %	0,4 %
1994	1,0 %	0,6 %	1,6 %
1990	0,8 %	0,5 %
1989			0,8 %
1987		0,4 %
1986	0,6 %
1984			0,6 %
1982	0,5 %
1978	0,4 %
1974	0,8 %
1970	1,3 %
1969		0,9 %
1966	3,4 %
1962	4,8 %
1958	8,1 %
1954	13,2 %
1953		9,2 %
1950	17,9 %
1949		20,9 %

See also

• List of political parties in Germany

External links

• Official website (in German)