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% 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.

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

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).

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