The CSU regained the absolute majority it had lost in 2008, while the Free Democratic Party (FDP), a member of the outgoing governing coalition, fell below the 5% electoral threshold and lost all its seats.

Previously, even in the late 1990s, it was common that either the CDU/CSU or the SPD got an absolute majority in a state election.

The CSU regained an absolute majority of the seats, which they had lost in the 2008 election after 50 years of single-party government.

The FDP, which had governed with the CSU since 2008, fell below the 5% threshold and lost all its seats.

A record number of 14.1% of the votes cast went unrepresented in the Landtag because of the 5% threshold.