| Election Name: | 1998 Bavarian state election |
| Country: | Bavaria |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Bavarian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2003 Bavarian state election |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
| Seats For Election: | All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria |
| Majority Seats: | 103 |
| Election Date: | 13 September 1998 |
| Turnout: | 12,186,909 (69.8%) 2.0% |
| Leader1: | Edmund Stoiber |
| Party1: | Christian Social Union in Bavaria |
| Last Election1: | 120 seats, 52.8% |
| Seats1: | 123 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,447,764 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Percentage1: | 52.9% |
| Swing1: | 0.1% |
| Leader2: | Renate Schmidt |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election2: | 70 seats, 30.0% |
| Seats2: | 67 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,501,900 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Percentage2: | 28.7% |
| Swing2: | 1.3% |
| Leader3: | Jerzy Montag |
| Party3: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Last Election3: | 14 seats, 6.1% |
| Seats3: | 14 |
| Popular Vote3: | 692,456 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Percentage3: | 5.7% |
| Swing3: | 0.4% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Edmund Stoiber |
| Before Party: | Christian Social Union of Bavaria |
| After Election: | Edmund Stoiber |
| After Party: | Christian Social Union of Bavaria |
The 1998 Bavarian state election was held on 13 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor gains, while the opposition took minor losses. The largest change in the election was the rise in popularity of the Free Voters of Bavaria, who won 3.7% of the vote, but failed to win any seats.
The table below lists parties represented in the 13th Landtag of Bavaria.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1994 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CSU | Christian Social Union in Bavaria | Christian democracy | Edmund Stoiber | 52.8% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Renate Schmidt | 30.0% | |||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | Jerzy Montag | 6.1% | |||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CSU | SPD | Grüne | REP | FDP | FW | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 state election | data-sort-value="1998-09-13" | 13 Sep 1998 | – | 52.9 | 28.7 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 24.2 | ||
| Forsa | data-sort-value="1998-09-11" | ? | ? | 49 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Polis | data-sort-value="1998-09-06" | 27 Aug–1 Sep 1998 | 1,010 | 50 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="1998-08-28" | 24–26 Aug 1998 | 979 | 51 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 19 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-08-28" | 21–26 Aug 1998 | 1,000 | 50 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||
| Forsa | data-sort-value="1998-08-27" | ? | ? | 47 | 35 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 10 | 12 | ||
| INRA | data-sort-value="1998-07-09" | 1998 | ? | 46 | 35 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 11 | ||
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="1998-05-22" | 15–19 May 1998 | 1,011 | 46 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | ||
| INRA | data-sort-value="1998-04-03" | 1998 | 1,000 | 46 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ? | 10 | ||
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="1998-02-21" | 16–18 Feb 1998 | 1,009 | 46 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Forsa | data-sort-value="1997-08-31" | 31 Aug 1997 | ~1,000 | 47 | 33 | ? | ? | ? | 3 | ? | 14 | ||
| 1994 state election | data-sort-value="1994-09-25" | 25 Sep 1994 | – | 52.8 | 30.0 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 22.8 |