The 1986 Bavarian State Election was held on 12 October 1986 to elect members of the 11th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Franz Strauss retained its majority. The SPD fell below 30% of the vote for the first time since the 1954 state elections, while for the first time the Bavarian Greens won seats in the Landtag.

Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 10th Landtag of Bavaria. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1982 result Votes (%) Seats CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christian democracy Franz Strauss 58.3% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy 31.4%

Election result

| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Social Union (CSU) | align=right| 6,333,734 | align=right| 55.8 | align=right| 2.5 | align=right| 128 | align=right| 5 | align=right| 62.7 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 3,119,124 | align=right| 27.5 | align=right| 4.4 | align=right| 61 | align=right| 10 | align=right| 28.4 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 854,353 | align=right| 7.5 | align=right| 2.9 | align=right| 15 | align=right| 15 | align=right| 7.4 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 428,790 | align=right| 3.8 | align=right| .3 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0

| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 342,995 | align=right| 3.0 | align=right| 3.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0

| align=left | Others | align=right| 275,245 | align=right| 2.4 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 11,354,241 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 204 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 70.1 ! align=right| 7.9 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |- |colspan=8 align=left|Source: Statistik Bayern and Historisches Lexikon Bayerns

Sources Historisches Lexikon Bayerns Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik