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The Landtag of Bavaria, officially known in English as the Bavarian State Parliament, [1] is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum in Munich. Elections to the Landtag are held every five years [2] and have to be conducted on a Sunday or public holiday. [3]
Bavaria, one of the states of Germany, has a multiparty system dominated by the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). Bavaria has long been a bastion of conservative politics in Germany, with the Christian Social Union has won every election of the state parliament since 1946 and having almost a monopoly on power.
The Bavarian state government took up occupancy in 1949. [3] The much less visible rear of the edifice has been extended in motley fashion to provide new parliamentary office space, in 1958, 1964, 1992, and again in 2012, each time with a different architectural approach.
The Bavarian state government proposed 8 October 2023 as the election date on 15 November 2022 [6] and officially set it on 13 December 2022 after hearing the parties to the state parliament. [7] At the same day elections of the Bezirktags, two District Administrators and some Mayors take place. [8]
Germany's federal system comprises 16 state parliaments (the German terms are Landtag in large states, Bürgerschaft in Bremen and Hamburg, and Abgeordnetenhaus in Berlin), each including directly elected representatives.
As the German constitution defines the Federal Republic of Germany as a federation, each German state has its own constitution.The Basic Law gives the states a broad discretion to determine their respective state structure, only stating that each German state has to be a social and democratic republic under the rule of law and that the people in every state must have an elected representation ...
In the first three articles, it is set that Bavaria is a free state, that authority emanates from the people and that Bavaria is a legal, cultural and social state. The Constitution can be changed only in the way of legislation (article 75). Resolutions of the Parliament to amend the Constitution must be submitted to the people for a decision.
The powers and duties of the Bavarian Constitutional Court are regulated in Section 5 of the First Main Part of the Bavarian Constitution. The Constitutional Court is the highest court for constitutional issues and decides on Charges against members of the Bavarian State Government or the State Parliament of Bavaria