1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

 1990
16 October 1994
1998 

All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout977,867 (72.9%)
Increase 8.1%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Berndt Seite Harald Ringstorff
Party CDU SPD
Last election 29 seats, 39.4%[a] 21 seats, 27.0%
Seats won 30 23
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 368,206 288,431
Percentage 37.7% 29.5%
Swing Decrease 1.7% Increase 2.5%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party PDS FDP
Last election 12 seats, 15.7% 4 seats, 5.5%
Seats won 18 0
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 4
Popular vote 221,814 37,498
Percentage 22.7% 3.8%
Swing Increase 7.0% Decrease 1.7%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Minister-President before election

Berndt Seite
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Berndt Seite
CDU

The 1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Berndt Seite. While the CDU remained the largest party in the Landtag, the FDP suffered a 1.7-point swing and lost all its seats. The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Seite continued in office. As of 2025, this is the last time when the CDU was the largest political party in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1990 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Berndt Seite 39.4%[b]
29 / 66
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Harald Ringstorff 27.0%
21 / 66
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus
Democratic socialism 15.7%
12 / 66
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 5.5%
4 / 66

Election result

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