| Election Name: | 1994 Bavarian state election |
| Country: | Bavaria |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1990 Bavarian state election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Bavarian state election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Seats For Election: | All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria |
| Majority Seats: | 103 |
| Election Date: | 25 September 1994 |
| Turnout: | 11,669,881 (67.8%) 1.9% |
| Leader1: | Edmund Stoiber |
| Party1: | Christian Social Union in Bavaria |
| Last Election1: | 127 seats, 54.9% |
| Seats1: | 120 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,163,888 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Percentage1: | 52.8% |
| Swing1: | 2.1% |
| Leader2: | Renate Schmidt |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election2: | 58 seats, 26.0% |
| Seats2: | 70 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,506,620 |
| Seat Change2: | 12 |
| Percentage2: | 30.0% |
| Swing2: | 4.0% |
| Party3: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Seats3: | 14 |
| Popular Vote3: | 713,732 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Percentage3: | 6.1% |
| Swing3: | 0.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Edmund Stoiber |
| Before Party: | Christian Social Union of Bavaria |
| After Election: | Edmund Stoiber |
| After Party: | Christian Social Union of Bavaria |
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.
The table below lists parties represented in the 12th Landtag of Bavaria.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CSU | Christian Social Union in Bavaria | Christian democracy | Edmund Stoiber | 54.9% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Renate Schmidt | 26.0% | |||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 6.4% | ||||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 5.2% | ||||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CSU | SPD | Grüne | FDP | REP | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 state election | data-sort-value="1994-09-25" | 25 Sep 1994 | – | 52.8 | 30.0 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 22.8 | ||
| Basisresearch | data-sort-value="1993-08-19" | Jul 1993 | 1,002 | 52 | 28 | 6 | 4 | – | ? | 24 | ||
| Infratest | data-sort-value="1993-02-22" | Feb 1993 | 1,002 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Forsa | data-sort-value="1992-12-31" | 4–10 Dec 1992 | 1,034 | 45 | 28 | 8 | ? | 12 | ? | 17 | ||
| 1990 state election | data-sort-value="1990-10-14" | 14 Oct 1990 | – | 54.9 | 26.0 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 28.9 |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Social Union (CSU)| align=right| 6,163,888| align=right| 52.8| align=right| 2.1| align=right| 120| align=right| 7| align=right| 58.8|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 3,506,620| align=right| 30.0| align=right| 4.0| align=right| 70| align=right| 12| align=right| 34.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 713,732| align=right| 6.1| align=right| 0.3| align=right| 14| align=right| 2| align=right| 6.9|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP)| align=right| 454,170| align=right| 3.9| align=right| 1.0| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 327,305| align=right| 2.8| align=right| 2.4| align=right| 0| align=right| 7| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)| align=right| 248,983| align=right| 2.1| align=right| 0.4| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Bavaria Party (BP)| align=right| 119,872| align=right| 1.0| align=right| 0.2| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| | align=left | Others| align=right| 135,311| align=right| 1.2| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 11,669,881! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 204! align=right| ±0! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 67.8! align=right| 1.9! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}