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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 62 votes behind the CDU. Minister-President Stolpe continued in office.
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All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 1,072,009 (56.3%) 10.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results for the single-member constituencies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Brandenburg.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Manfred Stolpe | 38.2% | 36 / 88 | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Peter Wagner | 29.4% | 27 / 88 | |
PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus |
Democratic socialism | 13.4% | 13 / 88 | ||
Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | 9.2%[lower-alpha 1] | 6 / 88 | ||
FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | 6.6% | 6 / 88 |
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 580,422 | 54.1 | 15.9 | 52 | 16 | 59.1 | |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 200,700 | 18.7 | 10.7 | 18 | 9 | 20.5 | |
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 200,628 | 18.7 | 5.3 | 18 | 5 | 20.5 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 31,033 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 23,541 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Others | 35,685 | 3.3 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1,072,009 | 100.0 | 88 | ±0 | |||
Voter turnout | 56.3 | 10.8 |
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