State election in Bavaria 2008
The election for the 16th Bavarian State Parliament took place on September 28, 2008. The turnout was 57.9 percent, around one percentage point higher than in the previous state election.
Result
According to the final official result, the CSU of Prime Minister Günther Beckstein lost 17.3 percentage points compared to the 2003 election . It slumped from 60.7 percent of the vote, achieved under Edmund Stoiber , to 43.4 percent and thus lost the absolute majority of state parliament mandates that has been uninterrupted since 1962 . The SPD lost one percentage point compared to the already low result of 2003 and thus achieved its worst result in a Bavarian state election since 1946.
For the first time, the Free Voters moved into the state parliament and became the third largest parliamentary group with 10 percent. The Greens increased their share of the vote by almost two percentage points to 9.4 percent. The FDP was represented by 8 percent after 14 years of absence, again in Parliament. For all three parties it was the best result they had achieved in state elections in Bavaria since the end of the war. The left , like all other parties, failed at the five percent hurdle .
| Political party | First votes |
Second votes |
Overall votes |
Sum in percent |
Compared to 2003 |
Seats | Compared to 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total votes / seats | 5,330,032 | 5,282,243 | 10,612,275 | 100% | - | 187 | +7 |
| CSU | 2,267,521 | 2,336,439 | 4,603,960 | 43.4% | −17.3% | 92 | −32 |
| SPD | 1,017,153 | 955.284 | 1,972,437 | 18.6% | −1.0% | 39 | −2 |
| FW | 567.509 | 518.387 | 1,085,896 | 10.2% | + 6.2% | 21st | +21 |
| GREEN | 484.092 | 515.019 | 999.111 | 9.4% | + 1.7% | 19th | +4 |
| FDP | 432,948 | 414.279 | 847.227 | 8.0% | + 5.4% | 16 | +16 |
| LEFT | 234,480 | 227.275 | 461.755 | 4.4% | + 4.4% | - | - |
| ÖDP | 114.261 | 97.939 | 212,200 | 2.0% | + 0.0% | - | - |
| REP | 74,788 | 71,285 | 146.073 | 1.4% | −0.9% | - | - |
| NPD | 63,370 | 60,029 | 123.399 | 1.2% | + 1.2% | - | - |
| BP | 60,815 | 55,649 | 116.464 | 1.1% | + 0.3% | - | - |
| RRP | 4,337 | 15,423 | 19,760 | 0.2% | + 0.2% | - | - |
| Violet | 6,108 | 9,357 | 15,465 | 0.1% | + 0.1% | - | - |
| BB | 2,472 | 4,834 | 7,306 | 0.1% | + 0.0% | - | - |
| BüSo | 178 | 1,044 | 1,222 | 0.0% | −0.1% | - | - |
The CSU won 90 of the 91 electoral districts , only in Munich-Milbertshofen did the SPD top candidate Franz Maget prevail. According to the Bavarian electoral system, this results in a higher total number of seats compared to 2003 because of overhang and compensatory mandates .
Elected MPs:
Effects
As a result of the election result, it was necessary for the CSU to form a new government majority to enter into a coalition with another party elected to parliament. This happened together with the Bavarian FDP . The Seehofer I cabinet was formed.
Because of the disappointing result for the CSU in the state elections in Bavaria, party leader Erwin Huber announced his resignation for the end of October on September 30, 2008 . Secretary-General Christine Haderthauer also offered to resign on the evening of the election.
One day later, the Bavarian Prime Minister Günther Beckstein also took the consequences and announced his resignation. His successor was Horst Seehofer , who also took over the chairmanship of the CSU.
| fraction | Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|---|
|
Georg Schmid Christa Stewens |
2007-2013 2013 |
|
Franz Maget Markus Rinderspacher |
2008–2009 since 2009 |
|
Hubert Aiwanger | since 2008 |
|
Margarete Bause Sepp Daxenberger Martin Runge |
2003–2017 2008–2010 2011–2013 |
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|
Thomas Hacker | 2008-2013 |
initial situation
In the state elections in 2003 , the CSU achieved a two-thirds majority of mandates for the first and so far only time . The state government had initially from a CSU single-party government led by Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber existed before this in October 2007 by Günther Beckstein was replaced.
Only three parties were represented in the state parliament after the 2003 election. The opposition consisted of the SPD and Greens parliamentary groups .
Candidacies
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Parties and groups of voters had to report their participation in the election in writing to the regional returning officer by June 30, 2008 if they were not represented in the Bundestag or Landtag, and this was published on July 3, 2008. Constituency proposals were to be submitted in writing to the responsible constituency leader by July 17, 2008.
The August 5th press release confirmed the approval of the following parties:
| abbreviation | Full name | Leading candidate (age in years) | Members | Dialing target (*) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSU | Christian-Social Union in Bavaria | Günther Beckstein (64) | 167,000 | 50 percent plus x |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Franz Maget (54) | 71,713 | 25 percent coalition of four |
| GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | Sepp Daxenberger (46) | 6,300 | double-digit result coalition of four |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | Martin Zeil (52) | 5,501 | “6 + x” coalition with the CSU |
| FW FREE VOTERS | Free Voters Bavaria eV | Hubert Aiwanger (37) | 40,000 | |
| ödp | Ecological Democratic Party / Alliance for Families | Bernhard Suttner (59) | 4,000 | |
| THE LEFT | The left | Fritz Schmalzbauer (61) | 2,800 | |
| BP | Bavaria Party | Florian Weber (44) | 5,100 | |
| REP | The Republicans | Johann gardener | 2,360 | |
| BüSo | Civil rights movement Solidarity | Werner Zuse | k. A. | |
| BB | Citizen Block | Robert Mertel | k. A. | |
| THE VIOLETS | The violets - for spiritual politics | Gudula Blau & Bruno Walter | 853 | |
| NPD | National Democratic Party of Germany | Sascha Rossmüller | 1,100 | |
| RRP | Retirees' party | Johann Lampl | 1,200 |
(*) The election target to move into the state parliament was not explicitly listed.
The following were not permitted:
| abbreviation | Full name |
|---|---|
| Alternative trans | Alternative list trans |
| APPD | Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany |
| The party | Party for work, the rule of law, animal welfare, elite support and grassroots initiative |
| NO | No party corresponds to my will to vote |
| PBC | Party of faithful Christians |
| PIRATES | Pirate Party Germany |
| SAY | Social alternative for justice - Landesverband Bayern |
Survey
| Institute | date | CSU | SPD | Green | FDP | FW | left | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emnid | 09/23/2008 | 49% | 20% | 8th % | 8th % | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| GMS | 09/22/2008 | 48% | 19% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Research group elections | 09/19/2008 | 47% | 20% | 8th % | 9% | 8th % | 4% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | 09/18/2008 | 47% | 21% | 9% | 8th % | 7% | 4% | 4% |
| Forsa | 09/17/2008 | 50% | 19% | 9% | 6% | 8th % | 4% | 4% |
| GMS | 09/09/2008 | 49% | 19% | 11% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 5% |
| Research group elections | 08/01/2008 | 50% | 20% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 4% |
| Infratest dimap | 07/30/2008 | 48% | 22% | 9% | 8th % | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Emnid | 07/19/2008 | 51% | 19% | 9% | 7% | (*) | 5% | 9% |
| Infratest | 07/11/2008 | 48% | 21% | 11% | 8th % | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| GMS | 07/10/2008 | 50% | 20% | 8th % | 5% | 4% | 5% | 8th % |
| GMS | 06/05/2008 | 49% | 20% | 9% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 7% |
| Infratest dimap | 05/01/2008 | 48% | 23% | 10% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| mifm | 04/25/2008 | 44% | 20% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 3% | 4% |
| mifm | 04/25/2008 | 40% | 19% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 4% | 3% |
| GMS | 04/19/2008 | 51% | 20% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 5% |
| GMS | 04/07/2008 | 50% | 21% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Emnid | 03/02/2008 | 51% | 19% | 11% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| mifm | 02/15/2008 | 50% | 20% | 11% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Infratest dimap | 09/01/2008 | 52% | 21% | 10% | 6% | 2% | 3% | 6% |
| Emnid | 05/01/2008 | 54% | 20% | 10% | 6% | (*) | 4% | 6% |
| GMS | 04/01/2008 | 56% | 21% | 9% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
(*) Contained in Others
Controversy
Wahl-O-Mat of the Bavarian Youth Association
By interim order , the ödp had the Bavarian Youth Ring prohibited from activating the Wahl-O-Mat for the state elections in Bavaria in 2008 because the ödp wanted to be taken into account. The Bavarian Youth Ring only provided for parties that are already represented in the state parliament or that had reached more than three percent in the last Sunday questions . Since seven other small and small parties can force participation through the grounds of the Munich Administrative Court, the Bavarian Youth Ring decided not to publish the election-O-Mats.
In other editions of the Wahl-O-Mat, all parties available for election have since been taken into account.
Election broadcast on Bavarian radio
On September 15, two weeks before the state elections, the Ödp top candidate Bernhard Suttner caused a scandal . In the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), a program that dealt with the antretenden to select top candidates of small parties ran. Suttner left the program in front of the camera because statements by the NPD politician Sascha Roßmüller had, in his opinion, been treated too uncritically by the moderator.
Election programs
CSU
At the party congress on July 19 in Nuremberg, the CSU warned of a four- or five-member coalition against them and adopted their election program with the following points:
- Comprehensive, needs-based offer of all-day schools ;
- In the medium term, one year of kindergarten should become free of charge;
- Climate-friendly energy policy : Increase of renewable energies to 20 percent and extension of the service life of the nuclear power plants ;
- Commuter flat rate from the first kilometer.
SPD
At the party congress on July 5th in Weiden, the SPD decided on its "government program":
- With an election target of 25 + x, a coalition of four with the Greens, Free Voters and FDP is to be formed;
- The focus is on education policy. Specifically, this means: no class over 25, legal entitlement to a place in an all-day school , staying seated and tuition fees are to be abolished;
- free kindergartens;
- Introduction of minimum wages and a wealth tax ;
- the adopted “Energy Manifesto” calls for the Bavarian supply to be converted to renewable energies.
GREEN
The state delegates' conference adopted its state election program on June 6 in Augsburg with the following points:
- Sustainability (100 percent of the energy supply in Bavaria from renewable energies; "If you are in favor of genetic engineering, you decide against life and against creation.")
- Social justice (longer time together at school, minimum wage)
- Self-determination and diversity
- Democracy and rule of law
Free voters
The state delegates' conference adopted its election program on April 5 in Landshut with the following points:
- Education ( G8 reform, upgrading of secondary schools)
- Environment and health (promotion of alternative energies, no to green genetic engineering)
- Rural area (better medical care, DSL expansion)
- Family (greater involvement of seniors in society, more crèches)
- Economy (less bureaucracy for the middle class, promotion of agriculture)
- Public service (administrative / police reform)
FDP
At the party conference at the end of April in Bamberg, the FDP emphasized the following points:
- liberal non-smoking protection
- Strengthening the middle class (appropriate participation of middle class companies in public procurement, tax reform, reduction of bureaucracy)
- Abolition of inheritance tax
- Stop the health fund , preserve local health care
- no online search , student database, registration number and withdrawal of the (then new) Bavarian Assembly Act
- more autonomy for Bavarian schools and universities
- longer joint school time from the first to the sixth grade with flexible transitions from the fourth school year, eight-year high school as a bound all-day school
- Rural areas (local public transport, broadband connections, tourism concept)
ÖDP
For the Bavarian election, the party stands under the name Ecological Democratic Party / Alliance for Families .
Program items include:
- Abolition of tuition fees
- Phase out of nuclear energy
- Separation of politics and economy
- Rejection of genetic engineering
- Expansion of local public transport
LEFT
At the party congress on July 26th in Nuremberg, Die Linke decided on the key points of its election program:
- Education for everyone: comprehensive community school, abolition of tuition fees, freedom of learning materials and adult education law
- Phase out nuclear energy
- Strengthening the statutory pension fund
- Minimum wage of 8.50 euros, commuter allowance with an additional component for low-wage earners and abolition of the Hartz IV regulation
- Prohibition of temporary work for public employers
- No privatization of water and sewage companies
- No phone monitoring and data retention
- Strengthening local public transport
- Gender equality
BP
At the party committee meeting on May 25, 2008, the current program for the state election was decided. Important points are:
- Bavaria's independence from Germany
- Strengthening direct democracy
- Autonomy of the Bavarian districts
- Abolition of ecotax and solidarity surcharge
- drastic simplification of tax law
- more moderate non-smoker protection
- Guarantee for kindergarten places
- Protection of Holidays
- Strengthening Bavarian culture and the various dialects in the Free State
- Phasing out nuclear energy and promoting renewable energies
- no surveillance state
See also
- List of members of the Bavarian State Parliament (16th electoral term)
- Cabinet Seehofer I
- State elections in Bavaria
literature
- Peter James: End of an era? The 'Landtagswahl' in Bavaria, September 2008 , in: German politics, 1/2009, pp. 103-109.
- Rainer-Olaf Schultze, Jan Grasnick: The Bavarian state elections on September 28, 2008. Industrial accident or the end of a myth? , in: Journal for Parliamentary Issues, 1/2009, pp. 34–55.
Web links
- Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing :
- State election of Bavaria for the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
- Interactive online magazine with topics, interviews, election advertising spots and election posters on politik.de
- Presentation of the candidates with the opportunity to ask questions on parliament watch
- Surveys Bavaria on wahlrecht.de
Individual evidence
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- ↑ State elections in Bavaria since 1946 . Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
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