1970 Bavarian state election

The 1970 Bavarian state election took place on 22 November 1970 to elect members of the Landtag of Bavaria. Voter turnout was 79.5%. In the run-up to the state election, a constitutional amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 and the passive voting age from 25 to 21.

Background A ten percent electoral threshold applied at the level, meaning that a party had to achieve ten percent of the valid votes in at least one of the districts to enter the state parliament.

Results This was the first state election since 1946 in which the CSU received more than 50% of the vote. They achieved this again in the following eight state elections from 1974 to 2003. The returned to the state parliament.

The SPD parliamentary group leader Volkmar Gabert failed for the third time in his goal of replacing Minister-President Alfons Goppel in this election. +Results of the state election of 22 November 1970PartyFirst votesSecond votesTotal votesTotal%SeatsCSU3,205,1703,139,4296,344,59956.43%124SPD1,929,3581,813,4023,742,76033.29%70FDP297,847326,713624,5605.56%10NPD167,801157,845325,6462.90%–BP79,67567,706147,3811.31%–DKP16,34323,91240,2550.36%–8,3729,53417,9060.16%– After the election, the CSU formed a single-party government () under the leadership of Alfons Goppel ().

1970 Bavarian state election

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