1966 Bavarian state election

State election in Bavaria, Germany 1966 Bavarian state election.svg 20 November 1966 1966 Bavarian state election Bavaria parliamentary no 1962 Bavarian state election 1962 1970 Bavarian state election 1970 All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 80.6 4.1% 130x130px Alfons Goppel Christian Social Union in Bavaria 110 5,074,342 2 48.1% 0.6% 130x130px Volkmar Gabert Social Democratic Party of Germany 79 3,768,973 35.8% 0.5% 130x130px Siegfried Pöhlmann National Democratic Party of Germany 15 781,813 15 7.4% 7.3% Minister-President Alfons Goppel CSU-BP Alfons Goppel CSU-BP The 1966 Bavarian state election took place on 20 November 1966 to elect members of the Landtag of Bavaria. Voter turnout was 80.6%. Background A 10% electoral threshold applied at the district level, meaning that a party had to achieve 10% of the valid votes in at least one district to enter the state parliament. As in the 1962 election, Prime Minister Alfons Goppel (CSU) and the SPD parliamentary group leader Volkmar Gabert de again applied for the office of minister-president of Bavaria.Dr. h. c. Alfons Goppel – Bayerisches Landesportal https://www.bayern.de/staatsregierung/ministerpraesidenten-und-kabinette-seit-1945/dr-h-c-alfons-goppel/ 2026-10-03 de Results Although the SPD achieved its best result to date in a Bavarian state election with 35.8%, it could not prevent the CSU from defending its absolute majority of seats. In this election, the NPD entered the Landtag of Bavaria for the first and only time.Hamilton Thomas J. 1966-11-21 GERMAN RIGHTISTS CAPTURE 15 SEATS IN BAVARIAN VOTE; National Democrats, Labeled Neo-Nazi by Bonn, Match Earlier Hesse Success NATIONAL GAINS SEEN Free Democrats, Ex-Allies in Erhard's Government, in Slight Setback Rightists Win 15 Seats in Bavaria https://www.nytimes.com/1966/11/21/archives/german-rightists-capture-15-seats-in-bavarian-vote-national.html 2026-10-03 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 It garnered 12.3% of the vote in the administrative district of Middle Franconia. The Bavaria Party and the FDP Bavaria FDP de FDP Bayern failed to enter the Landtag for the first time. The FDP, in its stronghold of Middle Franconia where it had always surpassed the 10% threshold, only managed 9.0%. The Bavaria Party fell to 7.3% of the vote in its strongest district, Lower Bavaria. The CSU therefore formed a single-party government (Alleinregierung Alleinregierung de Alleinregierung) under the leadership of Alfons Goppel (Second Goppel cabinet Second Goppel cabinet de Kabinett Goppel II). +Results of the state election of November 20, 1966PartyFirst votesSecond votesTotal votesTotal %SeatsCSU2,549,6102,524,7325.074,34248.14%110SPD1,939,6851,829,2883.768,97335.76%79NPD402,228379,585781,8137.42%15FDP258,646280,485539,1315.11%—BP189,399171,773361,1723.43%—GDP7,3027,94715,2490.14%— See also List of members of the 6th Landtag of Bavaria List of members of the 6th Landtag of Bavaria de Liste der Mitglieder des Bayerischen Landtags (6. Wahlperiode) Second Goppel cabinet Second Goppel cabinet de Kabinett Goppel II State elections in Bavaria de Landtagswahlen in Bayern References External links Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik – Wahlen Category:1960s in Bavaria Category:1966 elections in Germany Category:Elections in Bavaria Category:November 1966 in Europe Category:1966 in West Germany Category:20th century in Bavaria