1994 Brandenburg state election Turnout 1,072,009 (56.3%) 10.8%
First party
Second party
Third party
CDU
Leader
Manfred Stolpe
Peter Wagner
Helmuth Markov
Party
SPD
CDU
PDS
Last election
36 seats, 38.2%
27 seats, 29.4%
13 seats, 13.4%
Seats won
52
18
18
Seat change
16
9
5
Popular vote
580,422
200,700
200,628
Percentage
54.1%
18.7%
18.7%
Swing
15.9%
10.7%
5.3%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Gr
FDP
Leader
Sylvia Voß
Detlev Paepke
Party
Greens
FDP
Last election
6 seats, 6.4%
6 seats, 6.6%
Seats won
0
0
Seat change
6
6
Popular vote
31,033
23,541
Percentage
2,9 %
2,2 %
Swing
6,3%
4.4%
Results for the single-member constituencies
The 1994 Brandenburg state election was held on 11 September 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Brandenburg . The incumbent government was a traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens , led by Minister-President Manfred Stolpe . The SPD achieved a 16% swing in its favour and won an absolute majority with 54% of the vote, while both of its coalition partners lost their seats. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered a major swing against it, falling to 18.7%. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) also finished on 18.7%, just 72 votes behind the CDU. Minister-President Stolpe continued in office.
This election marked the first and last time that a party gained an absolute majority in Brandenburg . In addition, this was also the first and last time that a party won all single-member constituencies (44).
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Brandenburg.
Election result
Popular Vote
SPD
54.14%
CDU
18.72%
PDS
18.72%
B'90/GRÜNE
2.89%
FDP
2.20%
Other
3.33%
Landtag seats
SPD
59.09%
CDU
20.45%
PDS
20.45%
Notes
^ Results for Alliance 90 (6.4%, 6 seats) and The Greens (2.8%, 0 seats).
Sources