December 1946 Bavarian state election

The December 1946 Bavarian state election was held on 1 December 1946 to elect the members of the First Bavarian Landtag. The election came after the dissolution of the Bavarian Constituent Assembly after the passing of the Constitution, which stipulated that a democratically elected Landtag would elect the Minister-President. It saw Bavaria's first democratically chosen Minister-President since Heinrich Held.

1946 Bavarian state election
1 December 1946
All 180 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria
91 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,048,337 (75.7%)
3.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alois Hundhammer Jean Stock Alfred Loritz
Party CSU SPD WAV
Seats won 104 54 13
Seat change 5 3 5
Popular vote 1,593,908 871,760 225,404
Percentage 52.3% 28.6% 7.4%
Swing 6% 0.2% 2.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Hermann Schirmer Thomas Dehler
Party KPD FDP
Seats won 0 9
Seat change 9 6
Popular vote 185,023 172,242
Percentage 6.1% 5.7%
Swing 0.8% 3.2%
Minister-President before election

Wilhelm Hoegner
SPD

 Elected Minister-President

Hans Ehard
CSU

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