| Election Name: | 1994 Brandenburg state election |
| Country: | Brandenburg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1990 Brandenburg state election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Brandenburg state election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg |
| Majority Seats: | 45 |
| Election Date: | 11 September 1994 |
| Turnout: | 1,072,009 (56.3%) 10.8% |
| Leader1: | Manfred Stolpe |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 36 seats, 38.2% |
| Seats1: | 52 |
| Popular Vote1: | 580,422 |
| Seat Change1: | 16 |
| Percentage1: | 54.1% |
| Swing1: | 15.9% |
| Leader2: | Peter Wagner |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Seats2: | 18 |
| Popular Vote2: | 200,700 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Percentage2: | 18.7% |
| Swing2: | 10.7% |
| Image3: | Helmuth Markov.jpg |
| Leader3: | Helmuth Markov |
| Party3: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
| Seats3: | 18 |
| Popular Vote3: | 200,628 |
| Seat Change3: | 5 |
| Percentage3: | 18.7% |
| Swing3: | 5.3% |
| Image5: | FDP |
| Leader5: | Detlev Paepke |
| Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 23,541 |
| Seat Change5: | 6 |
| Percentage5: | 2,2 % |
| Swing5: | 4.4% |
| Image4: | Gr |
| Leader4: | Sylvia Voß |
| Color4: | 64A12D |
| Party4: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 31,033 |
| Seat Change4: | 6 |
| Percentage4: | 2,9 % |
| Swing4: | 6,3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Government | |
| Before Election: | Stolpe I |
| Before Party: | SPD–FDP–Alliance 90 |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| After Election: | Stolpe II |
| After Party: | 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% 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%. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) also finished on 18.7%, just 72 votes behind the CDU. Minister-President Stolpe continued in office.
This election marked the first and last 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).
The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Brandenburg.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Manfred Stolpe | 38.2% | |||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Peter Wagner | 29.4% | |||
| bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | 13.4% | ||||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 9.2% | ||||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 6.6% | ||||
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 580,422| align=right| 54.1| align=right| 15.9| align=right| 52| align=right| 16| align=right| 59.1|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 200,700| align=right| 18.7| align=right| 10.7| align=right| 18| align=right| 9| align=right| 20.5|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 200,628| align=right| 18.7| align=right| 5.3| align=right| 18| align=right| 5| align=right| 20.5|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 31,033| align=right| 2.9| align=right| 6.3| align=right| 0| align=right| 6| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 23,541| align=right| 2.2| align=right| 4.4| align=right| 0| align=right| 6| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 35,685| align=right| 3.3| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 1,072,009! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 88! align=right| ±0! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 56.3! align=right| 10.8! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}