1978 Bavarian state election

November 2025 1978 Bavarian state election Bavaria parliamentary no 1974 Bavarian state election 1974 1982 Bavarian state election 1982 All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 15 October 1978 11,468,095 (76.6%) 1.0% 130x150px Franz Strauss Christian Social Union in Bavaria 132 seats, 62.1% 129 6,782,091 3 59.1% 3.0% 130x150px Helmut Rothemund Social Democratic Party of Germany 64 seats, 30.2% 65 3,599,479 1 31.4% 1.2% Free Democratic Party (Germany) 8 seats, 5.2% 10 711,348 2 6.2% 1.0% 1978 Bavarian state election.svg 300px Results for the single-member constituencies. Minister-President Alfons Goppel Christian Social Union of Bavaria Franz Strauss Christian Social Union of Bavaria Alfons Goppel (CSU) had already announced before the election that he would not run for another term as Bavarian Minister-President after 16 years of service. The CSU chairman Franz Josef Strauss, the then economic and fiscal spokesman of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag, therefore took over the top candidacy and thus ran to be Goppel's successor. Helmut Rothemund, who took over the state presidency of Hans-Jochen Vogel in 1977, was the first member of the SPD. After the election, the CSU formed a government under the leadership of Strauss.https://www.bavariathek.bayern/medien-themen/portale/geschichte-des-bayerischen-parlaments/landtage-seit-1819/landtag/366.html Bavariathek Bayern: Landtage seit 1819 - Der Landtag 1978-1982 (9. Legislaturperiode) bavariathek.bayern German Election result Summary of the 10 October 1982 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria |- | colspan=8 | center|350px |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=Christian Social Union in Bavaria| | align=left | Christian Social Union (CSU) | align=right| 6,782,091 | align=right| 59.1% | align=right| 3.0% | align=right| 129 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 63.2% |- | bgcolor=Social Democratic Party of Germany| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 3,599,479 | align=right| 31.4% | align=right| 1.2% | align=right| 65 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 31.9% |- | bgcolor=Free Democratic Party (Germany)| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 711,348 | align=right| 6.2% | align=right| 1.0% | align=right| 10 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 4.9% |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=Action Group of Independent Germans| | align=left | AUD-GAZ (AUD) | align=right| 210,977 | align=right| 1.8% | align=right| 1.8% | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=National Democratic Party of Germany| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 66,926 | align=right| 0.6% | align=right| 0.5% | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Bavaria Party| | align=left | Bavaria Party (BP) | align=right| 50,004 | align=right| 0.4% | align=right| 0.4% | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=German Communist Party| | align=left | German Communist Party (DKP) | align=right| 33,182 | align=right| 0.3% | align=right| 0.1% | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Other| | align=left | Others | align=right| 14,088 | align=right| 0.1% | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 11,468,095 ! align=right| 100% ! align=right| ! align=right| 204 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 76.6% ! align=right| 1.1% ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |- |colspan=8 align=left|Source: Statistik Bayern |} Popular vote #dddddd 600px 410px CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria 59.1 SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 31.4 FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) 6.2 AUD-GAZ Action Group of Independent Germans 1.8 NPD National Democratic Party of Germany 0.6 Other Other 0.8 Landtag seats #dddddd 600px 410px CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria 63.2 SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 31.9 FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) 4.9 References Sources Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik Bavaria 1978 Category:October 1978 in Europe