1958 Bavarian state election

1958 Bavarian state election

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All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria
103 seats needed for a majority
Registered6,254,214
Turnout4,655,745 (76.6%)
Decrease 5.8%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Georg Meixner Waldemar von Knoeringen Willi Guthsmuths
Party CSU SPD GB/BHE
Seats won 101 64 17
Seat change Increase 18 Increase 3 Decrease 2
Popular vote 4,192,904 2,839,300 793,628
Percentage 45.6% 30.9% 8.6%
Swing Increase 7.6% Increase 2.7% Decrease 1.6%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jakob Fischbacher Karl Eberhardt
Party BP FDP
Seats won 14 8
Seat change Decrease 14 Decrease 5
Popular vote 742,424 512,344
Percentage 8.1% 5.6%
Swing Decrease 5.1% Decrease 1.6%

Results for the single-member constituencies.

Minister-President before election

Hanns Seidel
CSU

Elected Minister-President

Hanns Seidel
CSU

The 1958 Bavarian state election was held on 23 November 1958 to elect the members of the Fourth Bavarian Landtag, and was notable for being held in the midst of the Casino Affair, which indicted several Bavarian politicians in the previous government on charges of corruption.[1]

  1. ^ [1] Bayerische Staatsregierung, accessed 1 June 2020