The 1994 Bavarian state election was held on 25 September 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor losses. The largest change in the election was the collapse of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which lost all its seats.
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All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 11,669,881 (67.8%)![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results for the single-member constituencies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
editThe table below lists parties represented in the 12th Landtag of Bavaria.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
CSU | Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern |
Christian democracy | Edmund Stoiber | 54.9% | 127 / 204
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SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Renate Schmidt | 26.0% | 58 / 204
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Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |
Green politics | 6.4% | 12 / 204
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FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei |
Classical liberalism | 5.2% | 7 / 204
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Opinion polling
editPolling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CSU | SPD | Grüne | FDP | REP | Others | Lead |
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1994 state election | 25 Sep 1994 | – | 52.8 | 30.0 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 22.8 |
Basisresearch | Jul 1993 | 1,002 | 52 | 28 | 6 | 4 | – | ? | 24 |
Infratest | Feb 1993 | 1,002 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 10 |
Forsa | 4–10 Dec 1992 | 1,034 | 45 | 28 | 8 | ? | 12 | ? | 17 |
1990 state election | 14 Oct 1990 | – | 54.9 | 26.0 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 28.9 |
Election result
editParty | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Christian Social Union (CSU) | 6,163,888 | 52.8 | 2.1 | 120 | 7 | 58.8 | |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 3,506,620 | 30.0 | 4.0 | 70 | 12 | 34.3 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 713,732 | 6.1 | 0.3 | 14 | 2 | 6.9 | |
The Republicans (REP) | 454,170 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 327,305 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | 248,983 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Bavaria Party (BP) | 119,872 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Others | 135,311 | 1.2 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 11,669,881 | 100.0 | 204 | ±0 | |||
Voter turnout | 67.8 | 1.9 |