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Bavarian Peasants' League

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Bavarian Peasants' League
Bayerischer Bauernbund
IdeologyClassical liberalism
Agrarianism
Political positionCentre-right

The Bavarian Peasants' League (German: Bayerischer Bauernbund, or BB) was an agrarian political party in Bavaria, Germany, from 1893 to 1933. It has also been known in English as the Bavarian Farmers' League.

The BB represented the farming interests in the Landtag of Bavaria and in the German Reichstag.

The BB was represented in the Bavarian Soviet Republic with two ministers.

Election results

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Reichstag
Date Votes Seats Position Size
No. % ± pp No. ±
1893 43,128 0.56 New
2 / 397
New Extra-parliamentary 16th
1898 130,724 1.69 Increase 1.13
4 / 397
Increase 2 Extra-parliamentary Increase 10th
1903 65,815 0.69 Decrease 1.00
2 / 397
Decrease 2 Extra-parliamentary Decrease 15th
1907 41,137 0.37 Decrease 0.32
0 / 397
Decrease 2 Extra-parliamentary Decrease 22nd
1912 48,219 0.39 Increase 0.02
2 / 397
Increase 2 Extra-parliamentary Increase 10th
1919 275,125 0.91 Increase 0.52
4 / 423
Increase 2 Extra-parliamentary Increase 7th
1920 218,596 0.78 Decrease 0.13
4 / 459
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary Decrease 10th
May 1924 192,786 0.66 Decrease 0.12
3 / 472
Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary Decrease 14th
December 1924 312,442 1.03 Decrease 0.37
5 / 493
Increase 2 Extra-parliamentary Steady 14th
1928
1930
July 1932 German
November 1932
March 1933

Further reading

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  • Hochberger, Anton (1991). Der Bayerische Bauernbund 1893 – 1914. Münich, Germany: Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-10680-4.