german federal election, 1994

The German federal election, 1994 was conducted on October 16, 1994, to elect members to the Bundestag (lower house) of Germany.

Issues and Campaign

The SPD selected Rudolf Scharping, Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate, as candidate for Chancellor against Helmut Kohl, but tension between Scharping and other SPD leaders Oskar Lafontaine and Gerhard Schrder hampered his campaign.

Results

\| Party	\| Party List votes	colspan = "2" \| Vote percentage (change)	colspan = "2" \| Total Seats (change)	\| Seat percentage
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	align="right" \| 16,089,960	align="right" \| 34.2%	align="right" \| -2.5%	align="right" \| 244	align="right" \| -24	align="right" \| 36.3%
Christian Social Union (CSU)	align="right" \| 3,427,196	align="right" \| 7.3%	align="right" \| +0.2%	align="right" \| 50	align="right" \| -1	align="right" \| 7.4%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	align="right" \| 3,258,407	align="right" \| 6.9%	align="right" \| -4.1%	align="right" \| 47	align="right" \| -32	align="right" \| 7.0%
Social Democratic Party	align="right" \| 17,140,354	align="right" \| 36.4%	align="right" \| +2.9%	align="right" \| 252	align="right" \| +13	align="right" \| 37.5%
Alliance '90/The Greens¹	align="right" \| 3,424,315	align="right" \| 7.3%	align="right" \| +2.3%	align="right" \| 49	align="right" \| +41	align="right" \| 7.3%
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	align="right" \| 2,066,176	align="right" \| 4.4%	align="right" \| +2.0%	align="right" \| 30	align="right" \| +13	align="right" \| 4.5%
All Others	align="right" \| 1,698,766	align="right" \| 3.6%	align="right" \|	align="right" \| 0	align="right" \|	align="right" \| 0.0%

\| Totals	align="right" \| 47,105,174	align="right" \| 100.0%	align="right" \|	align="right" \| 672	align="right" \| +10	align="right" \| 100.0%

¹ Totals for the Greens reflect the merger of the Western and Eastern Green parties.

The coalition between the CDU/CSU and the FDP was able to continue in power with Helmut Kohl as chancellor.

Word Browser