1954 Bavarian state election

1954 Bavarian state election

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All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 seats needed for a majority
Registered	6,102,799
Turnout	5,030,235 (82.4%) 2.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Georg Meixner Waldemar von Knoeringen Joseph Baumgartner Party CSU SPD BP Seats won 83 61 28 Seat change 19 2 11 Popular vote 3,691,954 2,733,946 1,286,937 Percentage 38.0% 28.1% 13.2% Swing 10.6% 0.1% 4.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Willi Guthsmuths Otto Bezold Party GB/BHE FDP Seats won 19 13 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 990,109 703,924 Percentage 10.2% 7.2% Swing 2.1% 0.1%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election Hans Ehard CSU Elected Minister-President Wilhelm Hoegner SPD

The 1954 Bavarian state election was held on 28 November 1954 to elect the members of the Third Bavarian Landtag. It is notable for being both the only time that a member of the SPD was elected as Minister-President and the only time that the CSU was in the opposition.^[1]