Bavaria Party

Political party in Bavaria

Bavaria Party Bayernpartei

Leader	Florian Weber
Founded	28 October 1946
Preceded by	Bavarian People's Party (not legal predecessor)
Headquarters	Munich, Bavaria
Youth wing	Young Bavarian Federation
Membership	6,000 (2021)^[1]
Ideology	Bavarian nationalism Bavarian independence Regionalism Conservatism^[2] Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
Colours	White, Blue
Bundestag	0 / 736
Landtag of Bavaria	0 / 203
European Parliament	0 / 96
Bezirktags (Bavaria)	4 / 238
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Website
www.bayernpartei.de
Politics of Bavaria

The Bavaria Party (German: Bayernpartei, BP) is an autonomist,^[3] regionalist^[4] and conservative^[2] political party in the state of Bavaria, Germany. The party was founded in 1946, describes itself as patriotic Bavarian and advocates Bavarian independence within the European Union. Together with the Christian Social Union (CSU), it can be seen as an heir to the Bavarian People's Party (BVP) which existed prior to the Nazi takeover. The party is a member of the European Free Alliance.^[5]

History

The party had some successes at the polls in the late 1940s and 1950s: 20.9% of the votes in Bavaria in 1949 and 17 seats in the German Bundestag and, in 1950, 17.9% and 39 seats in the Bavarian state parliament where in 1954 it formed a coalition with the Bavarian branches of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). This forced the Christian Social Union (CSU) out of power for three years.

Later, mainly caused by the casino affair, which was influenced by the CSU and its general secretary Friedrich Zimmermann, the Bavaria Party rapidly lost voters. It still exists but was last elected to the Bavarian state parliament in 1962.

In the 2008 local elections, however, the party won 50 seats (compared to 32 in 2002), mostly in Upper Bavaria, including one of the 80 seats in the City Council of Munich, the capital of Bavaria, after 42 years of absence there. The Bavaria Party won one seat in the District Parliament of Upper Bavaria.^[6]

Chairman

The current chairman of the party is Florian Weber from Bad Aibling in Upper Bavaria.

Elections

In the 2018 elections for the Bavarian Parliament the BP reached 1.7% of the voters' share. In 2013 they had gained 2.1%, the best result for the Bavaria Party since 1966.^[7]

After the elections of 2018, the Bavaria Party is represented in three administrative regions of Bavaria:

Upper Bavaria: 2 seats (2013: 3)^[8]
Lower Bavaria: 1 seat (2013: 1)^[9]
Swabia (Bavaria): 1 seat (2013: 1)^[10]

Election results

Results from 1946

Year	Bavarian election (Landtag) Total	German election (Bundestag) in Bavaria	European Parliament
2023	0.9%
2021		0.4%
2019			0.9%
2018	1.7%
2017		0.8%
2014			1.3%
2013	2.1%	0.9%
2009		0.7%	1.0%
2008	1.1%
2005		0.5%
2004			1.0%
2003	0.8%
2002		0.1%
1999			0.4%
1998	0.7%	0.4%
1994	1.0%	0.6%	1.6%
1990	0.8%	0.5%
1989			0.8%
1987		0.4%
1986	0.6%
1984			0.6%
1982	0.5%
1978	0.4%
1974	0.8%
1970	1.3%
1969		0.9%
1966	3.4%
1962	4.8%
1958	8.1%
1954	13.2%
1953		9.2%
1950	17.9%
1949		20.9%

Landtag of Bavaria

Election year	# of constituency votes	# of party list votes	% of overall votes	# of overall seats won
2003	44,572	32,818	0.8	0 / 180
2008	60,815	55,649	1.1	0 / 187
2013	137,323	110,177	2.1	0 / 180
2018	122,417	109,513	1.7	0 / 180

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References

^ Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische (2 September 2021). "Bayernpartei (BP) - bpb". bpb.de.
^ ^a ^b Nachum, Iris; Schaefer, Sagi (14 December 2017). "The Semantics of Political Integration: Public Debates about the Term 'Expellees' in Post-War Western Germany". Contemporary European History. 27: 42–58. doi:10.1017/S096077731700042X. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ Jason Sorens (2012). Secessionism: Identity, Interest, and Strategy. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-7735-3896-2.
^ Daniele Caramani (2004). The Nationalization of Politics: The Formation of National Electorates and Party Systems in Western Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-521-53520-5.
^ "Member Parties". e-f-a.org.
^ European Free Allianz, Bavaria Party local election Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Landtagswahl 2013 - Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung". Landtagswahl2013.bayern.de. 2002-07-01. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
^ Bezirk Oberbayern - Wahlteam. "Bezirkstagswahl Oberbayern". Bezirkstagswahl-oberbayern.de. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
^ "Bezirkswahl in Niederbayern: Fotos der neuen Bezirksräte". Pnp.de. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
^ "Bezirkstagswahl: BP vervielfacht Mandate | Bayernpartei". Landesverband.bayernpartei.de. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20. Retrieved 2013-12-20.

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Political parties in Germany

Represented in the Bundestag
(735 seats)

SPD (206)
CDU (152)
The Greens (118)
FDP (91)
AfD (80)
CSU (45)
The Left (28)
BSW (10)
SSW (1)

Represented in the European Parliament
(96 seats for Germany)

Major parties	SPD (16) CDU (23) The Greens (21) FDP (5) AfD (9) CSU (6) The Left (5) Free Voters (2)
Minor parties	Die PARTEI (1) ÖDP (1) Family Party (1) Bündnis Deutschland (1) Pirate Party (1) Volt (1)

Represented in the 16 state parliaments

Major parties	SPD (16/16) CDU (15/16; not in Bavaria) The Greens (15/16) FDP (12/16) AfD (15/16) The Left (8/16) Free Voters (2/16)
Regional parties	CSU (85; only in Bavaria) BVB/Free Voters (5; only in Brandenburg) SSW (4; only in Schleswig-Holstein) BD (9; only in Bremen and Saxony) BfTh (2; only in Thuringia)

Minor parties (without representation
above the district level)

Notes:

CDU: does not participate in the state election in Bavaria; instead, an associated party CSU is participating here.
Greens: are currently not in the state parliament of the Saarland
FDP: is currently not in state parliaments of Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saarland and Saxony.
AfD: is currently not in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Left: is currently not in the state parliaments of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.
Free Voters: are currently only in the state parliaments of Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.