1990 Bavarian state election

The 1990 Bavarian state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Bavaria. It took place shortly after the formal reunification of Germany on 3 October. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Max Streibl retained its majority. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) also re-entered the Landtag for the first time since 1982.

1990 Bavarian state election

14 October 1990
All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	11,098,912 (65.9%) 4.2%
Leader Max Streibl Karl-Heinz Hiersemann Party CSU SPD Last election 128 seats, 55.8% 61 seats, 27.5% Seats won 127 58 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 6,093,514 2,882,008 Percentage 54.9% 26.0% Swing 0.9% 1.5%   Party Green FDP Last election 15 seats, 7.5% 0 seats, 3.8% Seats won 12 7 Seat change 3 7 Popular vote 712,101 572,338 Percentage 6.4% 5.2% Swing 1.1% 1.4%
Minister-President before election Max Streibl CSU Elected Minister-President Max Streibl CSU

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 11th Landtag of Bavaria.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1986 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	CSU	Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern	Christian democracy	Max Streibl	55.8%	128 / 204
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Karl-Heinz Heirsemann	27.5%	61 / 204
	Grüne	The Greens Die Grünen	Green politics		7.5%	15 / 204

Election result

Summary of the 14 October 1990 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Christian Social Union (CSU)	6,093,514	54.9	0.9	127	1	62.3
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	2,882,008	26.0	1.5	58	3	28.4
	The Greens (Grüne)	712,101	6.4	1.1	12	3	5.9
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	572,338	5.2	1.4	7	7	3.4
	The Republicans (REP)	538,615	4.9	1.9	0	±0	0
	Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)	192,414	1.7	1.0	0	±0	0
	Others	106,922	1.0		0	±0	0
Total		11,098,912	100.0		204	±0
Voter turnout			65.9	4.2

Popular Vote CSU   54.90% SPD   25.97% GRÜNE   6.42% FDP   5.17% REP   4.85% Other   2.70%

Landtag seats CSU   62.25% SPD   28.43% GRÜNE   5.88% FDP   3.43%

Sources

• Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik