1994 German federal election

1994 German federal election
16 October 1994 (1994-10-16)
All 672 seats in the Bundestag
337 seats needed for a majority
Registered60,452,009 0.0%
Turnout47,737,999 (79.0%) 1.2 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Helmut Kohl Rudolf Scharping Ludger Volmer &
Marianne Birthler
Party CDU/CSU SPD Greens
Last election 43.8%, 319 seats 33.5%, 239 seats 5.1%, 8 seats
Seats won 294 252 49
Seat change 25 13 41
Popular vote 19,517,156 17,140,354 3,424,315
Percentage 41.4% 36.4% 7.3%
Swing 2.4 pp 2.9 pp 2.2 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Klaus Kinkel Lothar Bisky
Party FDP PDS
Last election 11.0%, 79 seats 2.4%, 17 seats
Seats won 47 30
Seat change 32 13
Popular vote 3,258,407 2,066,176
Percentage 6.9% 4.4%
Swing 4.1 pp 2.0 pp
Results of the election. The main map shows constituency winners, and results for the proportional list seats are shown in the bottom left.
Government before election

Fourth Kohl cabinet
CDU/CSU–FDP

 Government after election

Fifth Kohl cabinet
CDU/CSU–FDP

The 1994 German federal election was held in Germany on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU alliance led by Helmut Kohl remained the largest faction in parliament, with Kohl remaining Chancellor in a narrowly re-elected coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). This elected Bundestag was the largest in history until 2017, numbering 672 members.

Even though this election did not lead to a switch in government, it saw the election of many people to the Bundestag who would play an important role later. Future CDU leaders Friedrich Merz and Armin Laschet were first elected to the Bundestag in 1994, as were future cabinet ministers Norbert Röttgen and Peter Altmaier. This was the last election until 2009 that a centre-right government was elected.

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