Bavaria Party Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids 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)
Ideology	Bavarian nationalism Bavarian independence Regionalism Conservatism 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

The Bavaria Party (its German name is Bayernpartei, often shortened to BP) is a political group in Bavaria, a state in Germany. This party wants Bavaria to have more control over its own decisions. It even wants Bavaria to become independent while still being part of the European Union. It's a bit like a team that wants its home region to have special rules and its own identity.

The party was started in 1946. It shares some ideas with an older party called the Bavarian People's Party. This older party existed before the Nazi takeover in Germany. The Bavaria Party is also part of a bigger group called the European Free Alliance. This group connects similar regional parties across Europe.

History of the Bavaria Party
Party Leader
Recent Election Results
Election Results Table
- Results from 1946
- Landtag of Bavaria Results
See also

History of the Bavaria Party

The Bavaria Party was quite popular when it first started. In the late 1940s and 1950s, many people voted for them.

In 1949, they received 20.9% of the votes in Bavaria. This gave them 17 seats in the German Bundestag, which is like Germany's national parliament.
In 1950, they got 17.9% of the votes in the Bavarian state parliament. This gave them 39 seats.

In 1954, the Bavaria Party even joined with other parties. They formed a group that ran the Bavarian state government for three years. This pushed another big party, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), out of power.

However, the Bavaria Party quickly lost many voters after that. This was mainly because of something called the "casino affair" in 1958. This event caused problems for the party. The Bavaria Party still exists today, but they have not been elected to the Bavarian state parliament since 1962.

Even so, in the 2008 local elections, the party won more seats. They got 50 seats in local councils, up from 32 in 2002. Most of these wins were in Upper Bavaria. They even won one seat in the City Council of Munich, the capital of Bavaria. This was the first time they had a seat there in 42 years!

Party Leader

The current leader of the Bavaria Party is Florian Weber. He is from Bad Aibling in Upper Bavaria.

Recent Election Results

The Bavaria Party tries to win seats in different elections.

In the 2018 elections for the Bavarian Parliament, they received 1.7% of the votes.
In 2013, they had a better result, getting 2.1% of the votes. This was their best result since 1966.

After the 2018 elections, the Bavaria Party has members in the local parliaments of three areas in Bavaria:

Upper Bavaria: 2 seats (they had 3 seats in 2013)
Lower Bavaria: 1 seat (they had 1 seat in 2013)
Swabia (Bavaria): 1 seat (they had 1 seat in 2013)

Election Results Table

Here is a table showing how the Bavaria Party has done in elections since 1946:

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%