1986 Bavarian state election
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All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 11,354,241 (70.1%) 7.9% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Bavarian State Election was held on 12 October 1986 to elect members of the 11th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Franz Strauss retained its majority. The SPD fell below 30% of the vote for the first time since the 1954 state elections, while for the first time the Bavarian Greens won seats in the Landtag.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 10th Landtag of Bavaria.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1982 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color | | CSU | Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern |
Christian democracy | Franz Strauss | 58.3% | 133 / 204
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bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color | | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Karl-Heinz Heirsemann | 31.4% | 71 / 204
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Election result
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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bgcolor=Template:Christian Social Union in Bavaria/meta/color| | Christian Social Union (CSU) | 6,333,734 | 55.8 | 2.5 | 128 | 5 | 62.7 |
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color| | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 3,119,124 | 27.5 | 4.4 | 61 | 10 | 28.4 |
bgcolor=Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color| | The Greens (Grüne) | 854,353 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 15 | 15 | 7.4 |
bgcolor=Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color| | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 428,790 | 3.8 | .3 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
bgcolor=Template:The Republicans (Germany)/meta/color| | The Republicans (REP) | 342,995 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 |
Others | 275,245 | 2.4 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 11,354,241 | 100.0 | 204 | ±0 | |||
Voter turnout | 70.1 | 7.9 | |||||
Source: Statistik Bayern and Historisches Lexikon Bayerns |