1994 Brandenburg state election

1994 Brandenburg state election

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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   GRÜNE 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).