German federal election, 1994

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Germany

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
Germany



Other countries · Politics Portal
view  talk  edit

The 13th German federal election, 1994 was conducted on October 16, 1994, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.

Contents

[edit] Issues and Campaign

The SPD selected Rudolf Scharping, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate, as candidate for Chancellor against Helmut Kohl, but tension between Scharping and other SPD leaders Oskar Lafontaine and Gerhard Schröder hampered his campaign.

The PDS was able to secure four direct seats, making it eligible for full caucus status and proportional representation even though it remained below the 5% margin.

[edit] Results

Party Party List votes Vote percentage (change) Total Seats (change) Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 16,089,960 34.2% -2.5% 244 -24 36.3%
Christian Social Union (CSU) 3,427,196 7.3% +0.2% 50 -1 7.4%
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 3,258,407 6.9% -4.1% 47 -32 7.0%
Social Democratic Party 17,140,354 36.4% +2.9% 252 +13 37.5%
Alliance '90/The Greens¹ 3,424,315 7.3% +2.3% 49 +41 7.3%
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 2,066,176 4.4% +2.0% 30 +13 4.5%
All Others 1,698,766 3.6%   0   0.0%
Totals 47,105,174 100.0%   672 +10 100.0%

¹ Totals for the Greens reflect the merger of the Western and Eastern Green parties.

Seat results -- SPD in red, combined Greens in green, PDS in purple, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black
Seat results -- SPD in red, combined Greens in green, PDS in purple, FDP in yellow, CDU/CSU in black

[edit] Post-election

The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP was able to continue in power with Helmut Kohl as chancellor.








German Reichstag and Bundestag elections Flag of Germany
v  d  e
German Empire: 1871 | 1874 | 1877 | 1878 | 1881 | 1884 | 1887 | 1890 | 1893 | 1898 | 1903 | 1907 | 1912
Weimar Republic: 1919 | 1920 | 1924 (May) | 1924 (Dec) | 1928 | 1930 | 1932 (July) | 1932 (Nov) | 1933
Federal Republic: 1949 | 1953 | 1957 | 1961 | 1965 | 1969 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1983 | 1987 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2005 | next


[edit] Sources