1994 Brandenburg state election

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 percent 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 percent. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) also finished on 18.7 percent, just 72 votes behind the CDU. Minister-President Stolpe continued in office.

1994 Brandenburg state election

← 1990 11 September 1994 1999 →
All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg 45 seats needed for a majority
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
Government before election Stolpe I SPD–FDP–Alliance 90 Government after election Stolpe II SPD majority

This election marked the first, last, and only 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.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1990 result
					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%[a]	6 / 88
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism		6.6%	6 / 88

Election result

Summary of the 11 September 1994 election results for the Landtag of Brandenburg

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	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

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

1. Results for Alliance 90 (6.4%, 6 seats) and The Greens (2.8%, 0 seats).

Sources

• Amtliches Endergebnis der Landtagswahl in Brandenburg 1994