1950 Bavarian state election

State election in Germany 1950 Bavarian state election Bavaria parliamentary no December 1946 Bavarian state election 1946 1954 Bavarian state election 1954 All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 26 November 1950 6,026,641 4,813,528 (79.9%) 4.2% 130x130px Alois Hundhammer Christian Social Union in Bavaria 64 2,527,370 40 27.4% 24.9% 130x130px Jean Stock de Social Democratic Party of Germany 63 2,588,549 9 28.0% 0.6% 130x130px Joseph Baumgartner Bavaria Party 386ABC 39 1,657,713 39 17.9% 17.9% 130x130px Theodor Oberländer BHE–DG C3C318 26 1,136,148 26 12.2% 12.2% 130x130px Thomas Dehler Free Democratic Party (Germany) 12 653,741 3 7.1% 1.4% 1950 Bavarian state election.svg 300px Results for the single-member constituencies. Minister-President Hans Ehard Christian Social Union in Bavaria Hans Ehard Christian Social Union in Bavaria The 1950 Bavarian state election was held on 26 November 1950 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Bavaria. The outgoing government was a majority of the Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Hans Ehard. The CSU suffered an enormous decline of 25 percentage points, and lost first place in the overall vote to the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) by a slight margin. However, the CSU narrowly retained a plurality of 64 seats to the SPD's 63 thanks to the regional apportionment of seats. Two new parties entered the Landtag: the Bavaria Party (BP) with 18% of the vote and the All-German Bloc (BHE) with 12%. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) also improved to 7%. The CSU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the SPD, and Minister-President Ehard continued in office. The 1950 election remains the CSU's worst performance in a Bavarian election and the only occasion they did not win a plurality of the vote.https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Landtagswahlen_(nach_1945) Historisches Lexikon Bayerns 30 May 2020https://www.statistik.bayern.de/mam/produkte/veroffentlichungen/statistische_berichte/b7243c_201851.pdf Election Results 1946-2018 2020-05-30 2023-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20230315155954/https://www.statistik.bayern.de/mam/produkte/veroffentlichungen/statistische_berichte/b7243c_201851.pdf dead Background After the 1946 state elections, the CSU had won a majority of seats in the Landtag, and proceeded to form a coalition government with the SPD and right-wing populist WAV under Minister-President Hans Ehard. The coalition, however, was short lived. On 20 June 1947, WAV party chairman and Minister for Denazification Alfred Loritz was ousted by his fellow party-members over a power struggle involving a fellow state delegate, Karl Meissner. Four days later, on 24 June, Loritz was dismissed from his post on charges of blackmail and patronage. He subsequently was arrested on 19 July 1947, before escaping custody, being re-arrested, and eventually found asylum in Switzerland in April 1948.https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Wirtschaftliche_Aufbau-Vereinigung_(WAV) Historisches Lexikon Bayerns 30 May 2020 In his place, a CSU attorney, Ludwig Hagenauer de was appointed. Only three months after the Loritz episode, all of the SPD ministers within the government resigned, ending the coalition government, which lasted for under a year. The CSU then ruled alone (still as a majority government) for the remaining three years. In the intervening time, Ehard mainly battled with other member of his party to pass the Basic Law.https://www.bavariathek.bayern/nc/medien-themen/portale/geschichte-des-bayerischen-parlaments/landtage-seit-1819.html?tx_parlament_pi4%5Blandtag%5D=358&tx_parlament_pi4%5Bkategorie%5D=36&tx_parlament_pi4%5Baction%5D=show&tx_parlament_pi4%5Bcontroller%5D=Landtag&cHash=b343e5bde6be5f4ae19e3c32fe577e8a Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte 30 May 2020 The electoral system was changed since the 1946 election, now every voter has two votes. One for local district candidate (first vote) and one for a constituency candidate (second vote). Parties The table below lists parties represented in the First Landtag of Bavaria. Name Ideology Leader(s) December 1946 result Votes (%) Seats CSU Christian Social Union in BavariaChristlich-Soziale Union in Bayern Christian democracy Alois Hundhammer 52.3 104 180 Christian Social Union in Bavaria SPD Social Democratic Party of GermanySozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Social democracy Jean Stock de 28.6 54 180 Social Democratic Party of Germany WAV Economic Reconstruction UnionWirtschaftliche Aufbau-Vereinigung Right-wing populism Alfred Loritz 7.4 13 180 National Democratic Party of Germany FDP Free Democratic PartyFreie Demokratische Partei Liberalism Thomas Dehler 5.7 9 180 Free Democratic Party (Germany) Results With the WAV now essentially collapsed due to factional disputes, the right-wing vote was scattered over several different parties, the most important being the GB/BHE and the Bavaria Party, which capitalized on nationalism and took votes away from both the WAV and CSU. With the right-wing vote now spread thin, the SPD captured a plurality of the first and second votes combined, but were still one seat off of being tied with the CSU's delegation, and neither party being close to a majority. After 17 days of negotiations, a mass coalition between the CSU, SPD, and GB/BHE was declared. On 18 December 1950, Hans Ehard received 131 votes in the Landtag to serve a second term as Minister-President, with 5 votes against, and 36 members abstaining.https://www.bavariathek.bayern/nc/medien-themen/portale/geschichte-des-bayerischen-parlaments/landtage-seit-1819.html?tx_parlament_pi4%5Blandtag%5D=359&tx_parlament_pi4%5Bkategorie%5D=36&tx_parlament_pi4%5Baction%5D=show&tx_parlament_pi4%5Bcontroller%5D=Landtag&cHash=1a34ea45f782679ae3048778645da6c0 Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte 30 May 2020 center|350px Party Votes Listseats Totalseats +/- Constituency % Seats List % Total % Swing Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1,334,888 28.33 38 1,253,661 27.70 2,588,549 28.02 0.58 25 63 9 Christian Social Union (CSU) 1,264,993 26.85 46 1,262,377 27.89 2,527,370 27.36 24.93 18 64 40 Bavaria Party (BP) 862,123 18.30 16 795,590 17.58 1,657,713 17.94 New 23 39 New German Community / Block of Expellees and Dispossessed (BHE–DG) 586,067 12.44 0 550,081 12.15 1,135,148 12.30 New 26 26 New Free Democratic Party (FDP) 334,289 7.09 1 319,452 7.06 653,741 7.08 1.43 11 12 3 Economic Reconstruction Union (WAV) 132,183 2.81 0 127,504 2.82 259,687 2.81 4.58 0 0 13 Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 91,750 1.95 0 86,018 1.90 177,768 1.92 4.15 0 0 0 German Block (DB) 40,454 0.86 0 41,584 0.92 82,038 0.89 New 0 0 New Bavarian Homeland and King's Party (BHKP) 29,641 0.64 0 41,448 0.92 71,089 0.77 New 0 0 New Electoral Bloc of the War-Damaged, Expelled, and Dispossessed (WKHE) 19,499 0.41 0 32,740 0.72 52,239 0.57 New 0 0 New Bloc of Expellees (BdH) 10,074 0.21 0 10,703 0.24 20,777 0.22 New 0 0 New Association of Economically and Politically Disenfranchised (VWPE) 5,085 0.11 0 4,254 0.09 9,339 0.10 New 0 0 New Nonpartisan Farmers' Emergency Association – Aid for the Bavarian Forest (UBN) 586 0.01 0 796 0.02 1,382 0.01 New 0 0 New Total 4,711,632 100.00 101 4,526,208 100.00 9,237,840 100.00 103 204 24 Invalid 100,290 2.08 283,561 5.90 383,851 3.99 Turnout 4,811,922 79.84 4,809,769 79.81 9,621,691 4.11 Registered voters 6,026,641 6,026,641 Source: Statistik Bayern and Historisches Lexikon Bayerns Popular Vote #ddd 600px 410px SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 28.02 CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria 27.36 BP Bavaria Party 17.94 GB/BHE All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights 12.30 FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) 7.08 WAV National Democratic Party of Germany 2.81 KPD Communist Party of Germany 1.92 Other #777777 2.57 Landtag seats #ddd 600px 410px CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria 31.37 SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 30.88 BP Bavaria Party 19.12 GB/BHE All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights 12.75 FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) 5.88 References External links Historisches Lexikon Bayerns House of Bavarian Elections Bavaria Category:November 1950 in Europe Category:Elections in Bavaria Category:1950s in Bavaria Category:1950 in West Germany