1994 German federal election

1994 German federal election

16 October 1994
Registered60,452,009 (Increase 0.0%)
Turnout47,737,999% (79.0%) (Increase 1.2pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Candidate Helmut Kohl Rudolf Scharping Ludger Volmer
Party CDU SPD Green
Last election 43.8%, 319 seats 33.5%, 239 seats 5.1%, 8 seats
Seats won 294 252 49
Seat change Decrease 25 Increase 13 Increase 41
Popular vote 19,517,156 17,140,354 3,424,325
Percentage 41.4% 36.4% 7.3%
Swing Decrease 2.4 pp Increase 2.9 pp Increase 2.2pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Candidate Klaus Kinkel Lothar Bisky
Party FDP PDS
Last election 11.0%, 79 seats 2.4%, 17 seats
Seats won 47 36
Seat change Decrease 32 Increase 30
Popular vote 3,258,407 2,066,176
Percentage 6.9% 4.4%
Swing Decrease 4.1 pp Increase 2.0 pp


Government before election

Kohl IV
CDU

Government after election

Kohl V
CDU

The 1994 German federal election was place on 16 October 1994.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Das Versagen der SPD" (in German). Tagesspiegel. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Vor 20 Jahren: Rudolf Scharping im Wahlkampf (in German). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Fürstenau, Marcel (24 September 2021). "German election: Could there soon be a left-wing government?". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Dan Hough; Michael Koß; Jonathan Olsen (2007). The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics. Springer. ISBN 978-0230592148.