Misplaced Pages

1994 Bavarian state election

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
State election in Bavaria, Germany
1994 Bavarian state election
← 1990 25 September 1994 1998 →
All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout11,669,881 (67.8%)
Increase 1.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edmund Stoiber Renate Schmidt
Party CSU SPD Greens
Last election 127 seats, 54.9% 58 seats, 26.0% 12 seats, 6.4%
Seats won 120 70 14
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 12 Increase 2
Popular vote 6,163,888 3,506,620 713,732
Percentage 52.8% 30.0% 6.1%
Swing Decrease 2.1% Increase 4.0% Decrease 0.3%
Results for the single-member constituencies.
Minister-President before election

Edmund Stoiber
CSU

Elected Minister-President

Edmund Stoiber
CSU

The 1994 Bavarian state election was held on 25 September 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor losses. The largest change in the election was the collapse of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which lost all its seats.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 12th Landtag of Bavaria.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1990 result
Votes (%) Seats
CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria
Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern 		Christian democracy Edmund Stoiber 54.9% 127 / 204
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Renate Schmidt 26.0% 58 / 204
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 		Green politics 6.4% 12 / 204
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei 		Classical liberalism 5.2% 7 / 204

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		CSU SPD Grüne FDP REP Others Lead
1994 state election 25 Sep 1994 – 52.8 30.0 6.1 2.8 3.9 4.3 22.8
Basisresearch Jul 1993 1,002 52 28 6 4 – ? 24
Infratest Feb 1993 1,002 39 29 9 6 11 6 10
Forsa 4–10 Dec 1992 1,034 45 28 8 ? 12 ? 17
1990 state election 14 Oct 1990 – 54.9 26.0 6.4 5.2 4.9 2.7 28.9

Election result

Summary of the 25 September 1994 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Social Union (CSU) 6,163,888 52.8 Decrease2.1 120 Decrease7 58.8
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 3,506,620 30.0 Increase4.0 70 Increase12 34.3
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 713,732 6.1 Decrease0.3 14 Increase2 6.9
The Republicans (REP) 454,170 3.9 Decrease1.0 0 ±0 0
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 327,305 2.8 Decrease2.4 0 Decrease7 0
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) 248,983 2.1 Increase0.4 0 ±0 0
Bavaria Party (BP) 119,872 1.0 Increase0.2 0 ±0 0
Others 135,311 1.2 0 ±0 0
Total 11,669,881 100.0 204 ±0
Voter turnout 67.8 Increase1.9
Popular vote
CSU   52.82%
SPD   30.05%
B'90/GRÜNE   6.12%
REP   3.89%
FDP   2.80%
Other   4.32%
Landtag seats
CSU   58.82%
SPD   34.31%
B'90/GRÜNE   6.86%

Sources

Bavaria Elections and referendums in Bavaria
State elections
Local elections
Referendums
See also: Elections and referendums in Germany
Categories: