Bavarian Peasants' League

Bavarian Peasants' League
Bayerischer Bauernbund
Founder1893
Dissolved1933
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

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 1.13
4 / 397
2 Extra-parliamentary 10th
1903 65,815 0.69 1.00
2 / 397
2 Extra-parliamentary 15th
1907 41,137 0.37 0.32
0 / 397
2 Extra-parliamentary 22nd
1912 48,219 0.39 0.02
2 / 397
2 Extra-parliamentary 10th
1919 275,125 0.91 0.52
4 / 423
2 Extra-parliamentary 7th
1920 218,596 0.78 0.13
4 / 459
0 Extra-parliamentary 10th
May 1924 192,786 0.66 0.12
3 / 472
1 Extra-parliamentary 14th
December 1924 312,442 1.03 0.37
5 / 493
2 Extra-parliamentary 14th
1928
1930
July 1932 German
November 1932
March 1933

Further reading

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