1994 Lower Saxony state election
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All 161 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony 81 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 4,249,021 (73.8%)![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results for the single-member constituencies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 12th Landtag of Lower Saxony.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||
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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
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,880,623 | 44.3 | ![]() | 81 | ![]() | 50.3 | |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 1,547,510 | 36.2 | ![]() | 67 | ±0 | 41.6 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 314,344 | 7.4 | ![]() | 13 | ![]() | 8.1 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 188,691 | 4.4 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | |
The Republicans (REP) | 159,026 | 3.7 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Statt Party (STATT) | 55,605 | 1.3 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Others | 103,122 | 2.4 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 4,249,021 | 100.0 | 161 | ![]() | |||
Voter turnout | 73.8 | ![]() |
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Sources
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