Election Name: | 1995 Berlin state election |
Country: | Berlin |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 Berlin state election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1999 Berlin state election |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | All 206 seats of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin |
Majority Seats: | 104 |
Election Date: | 22 October 1995 |
Turnout: | 1,669,186 (68.6%) 12.2% |
Leader1: | Eberhard Diepgen |
Party1: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
Last Election1: | 101 seats, 40.4% |
Seats1: | 87 |
Seat Change1: | 14 |
Popular Vote1: | 625,005 |
Percentage1: | 37.4% |
Swing1: | 3.0% |
Leader2: | Ingrid Stahmer |
Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Last Election2: | 76 seats, 30.4% |
Seats2: | 55 |
Popular Vote2: | 393,245 |
Seat Change2: | 21 |
Percentage2: | 23.6% |
Swing2: | 6.8% |
Party4: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
Last Election4: | 23 seats, 9.2% |
Seats4: | 34 |
Seat Change4: | 11 |
Popular Vote4: | 244,196 |
Percentage4: | 14.6% |
Swing4: | 5.4% |
Party5: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Seats5: | 30 |
Seat Change5: | 7 |
Popular Vote5: | 219,990 |
Percentage5: | 13.2% |
Swing5: | 3.8% |
Map Size: | 400px |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Eberhard Diepgen |
Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
After Election: | Eberhard Diepgen |
After Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
The 1995 Berlin state election was held on 22 October 1995 to elect the members of the 13th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent grand coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) retained government. CDU leader Eberhard Diepgen was re-elected as Mayor.[1]
The table below lists parties represented in the 12th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Eberhard Diepgen | 40.4% | |||
bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Ingrid Stahmer | 30.4% | |||
bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 9.4% | ||||
bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | 9.2% | ||||
bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 7.1% |