December 1946 Bavarian state election

1946 Bavarian state election

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All 180 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 91 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	3,048,337 (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

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.