1994 Brandenburg state election

1994 Brandenburg state election
11 September 1994
All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,072,009 (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

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.

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).

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