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1994 Brandenburg state election

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 percent 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 percent. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) also finished on 18.7 percent, just 72 votes behind the CDU. Minister-President Stolpe continued in office.

This election marked the first, last, and only 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).

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Brandenburg.

Election result

|- | colspan=8 | |- ! 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|

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