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
Votes (%) Seats
CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern 		Christian democracy Franz Strauss 58.3%
133 / 204
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Karl-Heinz Hiersemann [de] 31.4%
71 / 204

Election result

Summary of the 12 October 1986 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Social Union (CSU) 6,333,734 55.8 Decrease2.5 128 Decrease5 62.7
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 3,119,124 27.5 Decrease4.4 61 Decrease10 28.4
The Greens (Grüne) 854,353 7.5 Increase2.9 15 Increase15 7.4
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 428,790 3.8 Increase .3 0 ±0 0
The Republicans (REP) 342,995 3.0 Increase 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 Decrease7.9
Source: Statistik Bayern and Historisches Lexikon Bayerns
Popular vote
CSU
 
 55.8%
SPD
 
 27.5%
GRÜNE
 
 7.5%
FDP
 
 3.8%
REP
 
 3.0%
Other
 
 2.4%
Landtag seats
CSU
 
 62.7%
SPD
 
 28.4%
GRÜNE
 
 7.5%

Sources

Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Bavarian_state_election
No tags for this post.