Election Name: | 1994 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
Country: | Saxony-Anhalt |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1998 Saxony-Anhalt state election |
Next Year: | 1998 |
Seats For Election: | All 99 seats in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt |
Majority Seats: | 50 |
Election Date: | 26 June 1994 |
Turnout: | 1,134,430 (54.8%) 10.3% |
Leader1: | Christoph Bergner |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Last Election1: | 48 seats, 39.0% |
Seats1: | 37 |
Seat Change1: | 11 |
Popular Vote1: | 390,077 |
Percentage1: | 34.4% |
Swing1: | 4.6% |
Leader2: | Reinhard Höppner |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election2: | 27 seats, 36.0% |
Seats2: | 36 |
Seat Change2: | 9 |
Popular Vote2: | 386,020 |
Percentage2: | 34.0% |
Swing2: | 8.0% |
Leader3: | Petra Sitte |
Party3: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
Seats3: | 21 |
Seat Change3: | 9 |
Popular Vote3: | 225,243 |
Percentage3: | 19.9% |
Swing3: | 7.9% |
Party4: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Last Election4: | 5 seats, 5.3% |
Seats4: | 5 |
Seat Change4: | 0 |
Popular Vote4: | 57,739 |
Percentage4: | 5.1% |
Swing4: | 0.2% |
Leader5: | Peter Kunert |
Party5: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
Last Election5: | 14 seats, 13.5% |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 14 |
Popular Vote5: | 40,560 |
Percentage5: | 3.6% |
Swing5: | 9.9% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Minister-President | |
Before Election: | Christoph Bergner |
Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
After Election: | Reinhard Höppner |
After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
The 1994 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 26 June 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. The incumbent government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Christoph Bergner was defeated. The FDP suffered a 10-point swing and lost its seats in the Landtag, while the CDU narrowly remained the largest party with 34.4% of votes. After the election, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) formed a minority government with The Greens, tolerated by the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). This new government became known as the "Magdeburg model".
The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Christoph Bergner | 39.0% | |||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Reinhard Höppner | 26.0% | |||
bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | Peter Kunert | 13.5% | |||
bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | 12.0% | ||||
bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 5.3% |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 390,077| align=right| 34.4| align=right| 4.6| align=right| 37| align=right| 11| align=right| 37.4|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 386,020| align=right| 34.0| align=right| 8.0| align=right| 36| align=right| 9| align=right| 36.4|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 225,243| align=right| 19.9| align=right| 7.9| align=right| 21| align=right| 9| align=right| 21.2|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 57,739| align=right| 5.1| align=right| 0.2| align=right| 5| align=right| ±0| align=right| 5.1|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 40,560| align=right| 3.6| align=right| 9.9| align=right| 0| align=right| 14| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP)| align=right| 15,478| align=right| 1.4| align=right| 0.8| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 19,313| align=right| 1.7| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 1,134,430! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 99! align=right| 7! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 54.8! align=right| 10.3! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}