Election Name: | 1994 Saxony state election |
Country: | Saxony |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 Saxony state election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1999 Saxony state election |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | All 120 seats in the Landtag of Saxony |
Majority Seats: | 61 |
Election Date: | 11 September 1994 |
Turnout: | 2,063,872 (58.4%) 14.4% |
Leader1: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
Last Election1: | 92 seats, 53.8% |
Seats1: | 77 |
Seat Change1: | 15 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,199,883 |
Percentage1: | 58.1% |
Swing1: | 4.3% |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Seats2: | 22 |
Seat Change2: | 10 |
Popular Vote2: | 342,706 |
Percentage2: | 16.6% |
Swing2: | 2.5% |
Party3: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
Seats3: | 21 |
Seat Change3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 339,619 |
Percentage3: | 16.5% |
Swing3: | 6.3% |
Map Size: | 400px |
Minister-President | |
Before Election: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
After Election: | Kurt Biedenkopf |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
The 1994 Saxony state election was held on 11 September 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Kurt Biedenkopf retained its majority and continued in office.
The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Saxony.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Kurt Biedenkopf | 53.8% | |||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | 19.1% | ||||
bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | 10.2% | ||||
bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 5.6% | ||||
bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 5.3% |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 1,199,883| align=right| 58.1| align=right| 4.3| align=right| 77| align=right| 15| align=right| 64.2|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 341,706| align=right| 16.6| align=right| 3.5| align=right| 22| align=right| 10| align=right| 18.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 339,619| align=right| 16.5| align=right| 6.3| align=right| 21| align=right| 4| align=right| 17.5|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 85,485| align=right| 4.1| align=right| 1.5| align=right| 0| align=right| 10| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 36,075| align=right| 1.7| align=right| 3.6| align=right| 0| align=right| 9| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP)| align=right| 26,177| align=right| 1.3| align=right| 1.3| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 33,837| align=right| 1.6| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 2,063,782! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 120! align=right| 40! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 58.4! align=right| 14.4! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}