1994 Lower Saxony state election

The 1994 Lower Saxony state election was held on 13 March 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Lower Saxony. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Gerhard Schröder. As the SPD won an absolute majority of seats in the election, it formed government alone, and Schröder continued in office.

1994 Lower Saxony state election

13 March 1994
All 161 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	4,249,021 (73.8%) 0.8%
First party Second party   Leader Gerhard Schröder Christian Wulff Party SPD CDU Last election 71 seats, 44.2% 67 seats, 42.0% Seats won 81 67 Seat change 10 0 Popular vote 1,880,623 1,547,610 Percentage 44.3% 36.4% Swing 0.1% 5.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Green FDP Last election 8 seats, 5.5% 9 seats, 6.0% Seats won 13 0 Seat change 5 9 Popular vote 314,344 188,691 Percentage 7.4% 4.4% Swing 1.9% 1.6%
Minister-President before election Gerhard Schröder SPD Elected Minister-President Gerhard Schröder SPD

Parties

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

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1990 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Gerhard Schröder	44.2%	71 / 155
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Christian Wulff	42.0%	67 / 155
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism		6.0%	9 / 155
	Grüne	Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen	Green politics		5.5%	8 / 155

Election result

Summary of the 13 March 1994 election results for the Landtag of Lower Saxony

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	1,880,623	44.3	0.1	81	10	50.3
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	1,547,510	36.2	5.6	67	±0	41.6
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	314,344	7.4	1.9	13	5	8.1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	188,691	4.4	1.6	0	9	0
	The Republicans (REP)	159,026	3.7	2.2	0	±0	0
	Statt Party (STATT)	55,605	1.3	1.3	0	±0	0
	Others	103,122	2.4		0	±0	0
Total		4,249,021	100.0		161	6
Voter turnout			73.8	0.8

Popular Vote SPD   44.26% CDU   36.42% B'90/GRÜNE   7.40% FDP   4.44% REP   3.74% Other   3.74%

Landtag seats SPD   50.31% CDU   41.61% B'90/GRÜNE   8.07%

Sources

• Landtagswahlen in Niedersachsen