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.
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan=2 colspan=3| Name
! rowspan=2| Ideology
! rowspan=2| Leader(s)
! colspan=2| 1994 result
|-
! Votes (%)
! Seats
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| CSU
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria<br>
| Christian democracy
| Edmund Stoiber
| align=center| 52.8%
|
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| SPD
| Social Democratic Party of Germany<br>
| Social democracy
| Renate Schmidt
| align=center| 30.0%
|
|-
| bgcolor= |
| align=center| Grüne
| Alliance 90/The Greens<br>
| Green politics
| Jerzy Montag
| align=center| 6.1%
|
|}
Opinion polling
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"
|- style="height:40px;"
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm
! style="width:140px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date
! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample<br>size
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| CSU
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPD
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| REP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FW
! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others
! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead
|-
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
! style="background:;"|
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 1998 state election
| data-sort-value="1998-09-13"| 13 Sep 1998
| –
| | 52.9
| 28.7
| 5.7
| 3.6
| 1.7
| 3.7
| 3.7
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 24.2
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="1998-09-11"| ?
| ?
| | 49
| 34
| 5
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 15
|-
| Polis
| data-sort-value="1998-09-06"| 27 Aug–1 Sep 1998
| 1,010
| | 50
| 33
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 3
| 2
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 17
|-
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen
| data-sort-value="1998-08-28"| 24–26 Aug 1998
| 979
| | 51
| 32
| 5
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 19
|-
| Infratest dimap
| data-sort-value="1998-08-28"| 21–26 Aug 1998
| 1,000
| | 50
| 32
| 5
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 18
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="1998-08-27"| ?
| ?
| | 47
| 35
| 5
| –
| 3
| –
| 10
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12
|-
| INRA
| data-sort-value="1998-07-09"| 1998
| ?
| | 46
| 35
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11
|-
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen
| data-sort-value="1998-05-22"| 15–19 May 1998
| 1,011
| | 46
| 34
| 5
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 6
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12
|-
| INRA
| data-sort-value="1998-04-03"| 1998
| 1,000
| | 46
| 36
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 3
| ?
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10
|-
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen
| data-sort-value="1998-02-21"| 16–18 Feb 1998
| 1,009
| | 46
| 32
| 7
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 4
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 14
|-
| Forsa
| data-sort-value="1997-08-31"| 31 Aug 1997
| ~1,000
| | 47
| 33
| ?
| ?
| ?
| 3
| ?
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 14
|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"
| 1994 state election
| data-sort-value="1994-09-25"| 25 Sep 1994
| –
| | 52.8
| 30.0
| 6.1
| 3.9
| 2.8
| 0.1
| 4.3
| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 22.8
|}
Election result
Notes
Sources
- The Federal Returning Officer