1994 Bavarian state election

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.

1994 Bavarian state election

25 September 1994
All 204 seats in the Landtag of Bavaria 103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	11,669,881 (67.8%) 1.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Edmund Stoiber Renate Schmidt Party CSU SPD Green Last election 127 seats, 54.9% 58 seats, 26.0% 12 seats, 6.4% Seats won 120 70 14 Seat change 7 12 2 Popular vote 6,163,888 3,506,620 713,732 Percentage 52.8% 30.0% 6.1% Swing 2.1% 4.0% 0.3%
Minister-President before election Edmund Stoiber CSU Elected Minister-President Edmund Stoiber CSU

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 12th Landtag of Bavaria.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1990 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	CSU	Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern	Christian democracy	Edmund Stoiber	54.9%	127 / 204
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Renate Schmidt	26.0%	58 / 204
	Grüne	Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Green politics		6.4%	12 / 204
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism		5.2%	7 / 204

Opinion polling

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	CSU	SPD	Grüne	FDP	REP	Others	Lead
1994 state election	25 Sep 1994	–	52.8	30.0	6.1	2.8	3.9	4.3	22.8
Basisresearch	July 1993	1,002	52	28	6	4	–	?	24
Infratest	February 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

Summary of the 25 September 1994 election results for the Landtag of Bavaria

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	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

Popular Vote CSU   52.82% SPD   30.05% B'90/GRÜNE   6.12% REP   3.89% FDP   2.80% Other   4.32%

Landtag seats CSU   58.82% SPD   34.31% B'90/GRÜNE   6.86%

Sources

• Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik