1998 Bavarian state election
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The 1998 Bavarian state election was held on 13 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor gains, while the opposition took minor losses. The largest change in the election was the rise in popularity of the Free Voters of Bavaria, who won 3.7% of the vote, but failed to win any seats.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Bavaria.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1994 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | CSU | Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in BayernScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Christian democracy | Edmund Stoiber | 52.8% | Template:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei DeutschlandsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Social democracy | Renate Schmidt | 30.0% | Template:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die GrünenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Green politics | Jerzy Montag | 6.1% | Template:Composition bar |
Opinion polling
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CSU | SPD | Grüne | REP | FDP | FW | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1998 state election | 13 Sep 1998 | – | Template:Party shading/CSU| 52.9 | 28.7 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 3.7Template:Efn | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 24.2 |
| Forsa | ? | ? | Template:Party shading/CSU| 49 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 15 |
| Polis | 27 Aug–1 Sep 1998 | 1,010 | Template:Party shading/CSU| 50 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 17 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 24–26 Aug 1998 | 979 | Template:Party shading/CSU| 51 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19 |
| Infratest dimap | 21–26 Aug 1998 | 1,000 | Template:Party shading/CSU| 50 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 18 |
| Forsa | ? | ? | Template:Party shading/CSU| 47 | 35 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 10Template:Efn | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12 |
| INRA | 1998 | ? | Template:Party shading/CSU| 46 | 35 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 15–19 May 1998 | 1,011 | Template:Party shading/CSU| 46 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6Template:Efn | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12 |
| INRA | 1998 | 1,000 | Template:Party shading/CSU| 46 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ? | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 16–18 Feb 1998 | 1,009 | Template:Party shading/CSU| 46 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 14 |
| Forsa | 31 Aug 1997 | ~1,000 | Template:Party shading/CSU| 47 | 33 | ? | ? | ? | 3 | ? | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 14 |
| 1994 state election | 25 Sep 1994 | – | Template:Party shading/CSU| 52.8 | 30.0 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 4.3Template:Efn | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 22.8 |