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% 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%. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS ) also finished on 18.7%, just 62 votes behind the CDU. Minister-President Stolpe continued in office. This election marked the first and last 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. ! | Party ! Votes ! +/- ! Seats ! Seats % !| !| Total !| 1,072,009 !| 100.0 !| !| 88 !| ±0 !| !| Voter turnout !| !| 56.3 !| 10.8 !| !| !| 1994 Brandenburg state