Results of the district elections in Bavaria

The following lists give the results of the district elections in Bavaria from 1954. The overall results determined for the districts of Bavaria are listed. Only the most important parties and groups of voters are taken into account. In the distribution of seats, all parties and groups of voters who have won seats in the respective district are listed. There is no explicit threshold clause .

The districts are listed in the official order.

District of Upper Bavaria

Share of votes of the parties in percent

Election year	CSU	SPD	Green	FW	FDP	Others	underneath
1954	31.3	30.3			6.4	32.1	BP : 18.0
1958	40.3	34.1			4.5	21.1	BP: 11.1
1962	41.1	38.6			5.3	14.9	BP: 7.7
1966	42.1	39.1			5.2	13.7	NPD : 6.9
1970	51.1	37.0			6.2	05.8
1974	59.2	30.4			7.2	03.3
1978	56.3	31.2	102.4 1		8.1	02.0
1982	54.9	32.7	05.9		4.5	02.1
1986	52.9	25.4	10.1		5.0	06.6
1990	50.1	24.3	09.3		6.9	09.4	REP : 5.1
1994	50.9	26.2	08.9		3.9	10.1
1998	50.3	26.0	08.2	03.2	2.7	09.6
2003	56.8	19.6	10.6	03.6	3.3	06.1
2008	38.5	18.4	12.4	10.6	9.6	10.4
2013	44.3	18.9	11.4	09.5	3.8	12.1
2018	31.1	09.6	12.0	21.4	6.5	19.4	AfD : 8.5

Distribution of seats

year	total	CSU	SPD	Green	FW	AfD	BP	FDP	ÖDP	Pirates	left	COURAGE	REP	NPD	GB / BHE	KPD
1954	54	18th	17th				10	3							5	1
1958	54	23	19th				6th	2							4th
1962	54	23	22nd				4th	3							2
1966	59	25th	23				4th	3						4th
1970	59	31	23				1	3						1
1974	62	39	19th					4th
1978	64	38	21st	11 1				5
1982	64	36	22nd	3				3
1986	64	36	17th	6th				3					2
1990	65	34	16	6th			1	4th	1				3
1994	65	34	17th	6th			1	2	2				3
1998	65	35	18th	5	2		1	1	1				2
2003	57	34	11	6th	2			2	1				1
2008	68	28	13	9	7th		1	7th	1		2
2013	67	30th	13	8th	6th		3	2	2	2	1		2
2018	82	26th	8th	18th	10	7th	2	5	2		3	1

District of Lower Bavaria

Share of votes of the parties in percent

Election year	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	FDP	Others	underneath
1954	38.7	19.9			2.7	38.7	BP : 23.9
1958	48.7	20.5			1.8	29.0	BP: 17.0
1962	53.2	26.4			1.8	18.7	BP: 10.2
1966	55.6	29.5			2.0	12.9	BP: 7.7
1970	66.8	24.3			1.6	07.3
1974	71.5	22.7			2.6	03.2
1978	66.9	25.0		12.7 1	3.5	01.9
1982	66.1	25.4		4.1	2.5	01.9
1986	59.9	24.2		6.0	2.9	06.9
1990	58.0	23.9		4.7	3.3	10.1	REP : 5.9
1994	58.2	27.1		5.2	2.8	06.8
1998	52.7	25.3	05.5	4.0	1.5	11.0
2003	61.1	14.4	07.8	4.8	2.1	09.9
2008	42.0	14.7	15.6	5.9	7.3	14.6	ÖDP : 5.1
2013	49.8	16.4	11.9	5.7	2.4	13.8
2018	39.0	08.0	16.4	9.7	3.8	23.1	AfD : 12.9

Distribution of seats

year	total	CSU	SPD	FW	AfD	Green	ÖDP	BP	FDP	left	REP	NPD	GB / BHE
1954	25th	11	5					6th					3
1958	25th	13	5					4th					3
1962	25th	14th	7th					2					2
1966	21st	13	6th					1				1
1970	21st	16	5
1974	20th	15th	5
1978	20th	15th	5
1982	20th	15th	5
1986	20th	14th	5			1
1990	20th	13	5			1					1
1994	20th	12	6th			1	1
1998	20th	12	6th	1							1
2003	18th	12	3	1		1	1
2008	18th	9	3	3		1	1		1
2013	18th	9	3	2		1	1	1	1
2018	24	9	2	4th	3	2	1	1	1	1

District Upper Palatinate

Share of votes of the parties in percent

Election year	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	FDP	Others	underneath
1954	48.3	27.1			4.6	20.0	BP : 9.4
1958	56.0	27.2			3.6	13.3	GB / BHE : 6.8
1962	56.5	32.5			3.5	07.6
1966	55.8	32.6			3.3	08.4	NPD : 5.8
1970	64.2	28.5			2.9	04.4
1974	66.6	27.3			2.8	03.3
1978	62.2	30.1		101.8 1	4.1	01.8
1982	61.2	30.1		04.9	2.3	01.7
1986	51.6	31.9		05.5	2.1	09.0
1990	55.2	29.8		04.5	3.0	07.5
1994	54.6	33.5		04.8	2.4	04.7
1998	51.9	31.1	05.2	03.8	1.3	06.7
2003	60.0	20.2	06.2	05.1	1.8	06.8
2008	43.0	20.2	14.1	05.7	5.6	11.5
2013	48.4	19.0	12.2	06.8	2.1	11.5
2018	37.5	09.3	17.6	11.6	3.5	20.5	AfD : 12.0

Distribution of seats

year	total	CSU	SPD	FW	AfD	Green	ÖDP	BP	FDP	left	NPD	GB / BHE
1954	20th	10	6th					2	1			1
1958	20th	12	6th					1				1
1962	20th	13	7th
1966	19th	11	7th								1
1970	19th	13	6th
1974	19th	14th	5
1978	19th	13	6th
1982	19th	12	6th			1
1986	19th	11	7th			1
1990	19th	12	6th			1
1994	19th	11	7th			1
1998	19th	11	7th	1
2003	17th	11	4th	1		1
2008	17th	9	4th	2		1			1
2013	16	8th	3	2		1	1	1
2018	18th	7th	2	3	2	2			1	1

District of Upper Franconia

Share of votes of the parties in percent

Election year	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	FDP	Others	underneath
1954	30.7	33.3			10.4	25.6	GB / BHE : 11.8
1958	39.6	37.5			06.4	16.5	GB / BHE: 9.7
1962	42.7	42.0			06.2	09.1	GDP : 5.6
1966	42.8	42.7			04.5	09.9	NPD : 8.3
1970	51.9	39.9			03.9	04.3
1974	57.0	36.9			03.9	02.2
1978	53.6	39.4		101.6 1	04.1	01.3
1982	56.2	37.4		03.1	02.2	01.2
1986	54.3	33.1		05.8	02.3	04.5
1990	52.3	32.5		05.1	03.8	06.3	REP : 5.0
1994	48.6	36.4		06.1	02.3	06.6
1998	46.1	35.6	05.9	04.6	01.6	06.2
2003	53.7	25.1	07.5	05.5	02.2	06.1
2008	42.2	23.2	13.4	06.3	05.4	09.5
2013	43.7	24.7	11.4	06.1	02.2	11.9
2018	37.2	15.6	12.9	12.5	04.0	17.8	AfD : 10.7

Distribution of seats

year	total	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	AfD	Francs	left	FDP	REP	NPD	GB / BHE	BP
1954	25th	8th	9						2			3	3
1958	25th	11	10						1			2	1
1962	25th	12	11						1			1
1966	23	10	10						1		2
1970	23	13	10
1974	22nd	13	9
1978	21st	12	9
1982	21st	13	8th
1986	21st	13	7th		1
1990	21st	11	7th		1					1
1994	21st	11	8th		1
1998	21st	10	8th	1	1
2003	17th	10	5	1	1
2008	17th	9	4th	2	1				1
2013	17th	8th	4th	2	1		1	1
2018	21st	8th	3	3	3	2		1	1

Middle Franconia district

Share of votes of the parties in percent

Election year	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	FDP	Others	underneath
1954	34.6	33.9			12.8	18.7	GB / BHE : 8.3
1958	40.0	38.9			11.1	10.0	BHE: 6.5
1962	42.7	39.4			10.4	07.5
1966	40.4	39.0			08.4	12.3	NPD : 12.3
1970	45.9	38.1			09.7	06.2
1974	52.8	36.8			07.5	02.9
1978	49.5	39.3		102.0 1	07.7	01.4
1982	50.3	38.1		05.4	03.8	02.4
1986	49.2	32.1		09.2	04.5	04.9
1990	46.8	31.1		08.1	06.7	07.2
1994	46.6	34.7		09.0	04.0	05.8
1998	44.4	35.2	04.1	07.2	02.5	06.6
2003	51.4	25.0	05.7	09.5	03.1	05.2
2008	39.9	23.7	10.0	09.6	06.5	10.2
2013	39.0	24.1	010.24	010.17	03.2	13.3
2018	32.0	13.4	11.9	18.0	04.3	20.4	AfD: 9.8

Distribution of seats

year	total	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	AfD	left	FDP	Francs	Pirates	ÖDP	REP	NPD	GB / BHE	BP	KPD
1954	28	10	10					4th						2	1	1
1958	28	12	12					3						1
1962	28	13	11					3						1
1966	29	12	12					2					3
1970	29	14th	11					3					1
1974	29	16	11					2
1978	28	15th	11					2
1982	29	15th	11		1			1
1986	28	15th	9		2			1				1
1990	28	14th	9		2			2				1
1994	28	14th	11		2			1
1998	28	13	11	1	2							1
2003	25th	15th	7th	1	2
2008	26th	12	7th	3	2		1	1
2013	30th	12	7th	3	3		1	1	1	1	1
2018	33	11	4th	4th	6th	3	2	1	1		1

District of Lower Franconia

Share of votes of the parties in percent

Election year	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	FDP	Others	underneath
1954	48.8	25.3			8.2	17.6	GB / BHE : 10.0
1958	55.2	26.9			6.0	11.9	GB / BHE: 8.2
1962	54.9	31.9			6.0	07.3
1966	55.5	32.3			5.3	06.9	NPD : 6.5
1970	61.4	31.2			4.7	02.7
1974	64.0	29.6			4.6	01.8
1978	60.5	30.5		102.1 1	5.4	01.4
1982	60.7	30.9		04.6	2.9	00.8
1986	59.6	26.5		06.6	3.4	03.9
1990	57.2	25.7		06.9	4.7	05.5
1994	51.5	27.9		08.1	3.0	09.4
1998	49.6	27.4	06.1	06.9	2.5	07.6
2003	56.4	17.4	09.5	07.8	2.8	06.1
2008	41.2	17.0	16.2	08.7	6.9	10.0
2013	46.2	18.1	12.5	09.1	2.8	11.3
2018	37.6	10.4	12.6	15.9	4.8	18.7	AfD : 9.6

Distribution of seats

year	total	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	AfD	FDP	left	REP	NPD	GB / BHE	BP
1954	23	12	6th				2				2	1
1958	23	14th	6th				1				2
1962	23	13	8th				1				1
1966	24	14th	8th				1			1
1970	24	15th	8th				1
1974	23	15th	7th				1
1978	23	15th	7th				1
1982	23	15th	7th		1
1986	23	15th	7th		1
1990	23	14th	6th		1		1		1
1994	23	13	7th		2				1
1998	23	13	7th	1	1				1
2003	20th	13	4th	2	1
2008	21st	10	4th	3	2		1	1
2013	20th	9	4th	3	2		1	1
2018	24	10	3	3	4th	2	1	1

District of Swabia

Share of votes of the parties in percent

Election year	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	FDP	Others	underneath
1954	43.0	22.7			5.8	28.5	BP : 14.2
1958	49.8	24.6			5.0	20.7	GB / BHE : 10.4
1962	50.0	30.9			5.8	13.2	GDP : 6.5
1966	51.8	32.0			4.6	11.6	NPD : 7.3
1970	60.9	30.2			4.7	04.2
1974	65.6	26.6			5.1	02.7
1978	63.2	27.4		102.7 1	5.8	01.0
1982	63.1	27.4		05.5	3.1	01.0
1986	61.2	23.0		07.6	3.2	05.1
1990	57.1	21.4		07.4	4.9	09.2	REP : 5.1
1994	55.0	24.0		07.7	2.9	10.4
1998	51.8	24.3	06.5	06.0	1.9	09.9
2003	61.6	15.4	06.5	07.2	2.7	06.6
2008	44.3	14.8	14.7	08.2	7.3	10.8
2013	47.0	16.1	12.8	08.5	3.0	12.6
2018	36.5	08.0	14.9	16.5	4.6	19.5	AfD : 11.1

Distribution of seats

year	total	CSU	SPD	FW	Green	AfD	FDP	BP	ÖDP	left	Pirates	REP	NPD	GB / BHE
1954	29	14th	7th				1	4th						3
1958	29	16	7th				1	2						3
1962	29	16	9				1	1						2
1966	29	16	10				1						2
1970	29	19th	9				1
1974	29	20th	8th				1
1978	29	20th	8th				1
1982	29	20th	8th		1
1986	29	19th	7th		2		1
1990	29	18th	7th		2		1					1
1994	29	18th	7th		2				1			1
1998	29	17th	8th	2	1							1
2003	26th	18th	4th	2	2
2008	26th	13	4th	4th	2		2			1
2013	27	13	4th	3	2		1	1	1	1	1
2018	36	13	3	5	6th	4th	2	1	1	1

Footnotes

¹ Greens 1978: AUD , one of the predecessor parties of the Greens

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