State election in Saxony 1994
The state election in Saxony in 1994 was the second election to the Saxon state parliament after German reunification . It took place on September 11, 1994 parallel to the state election in Brandenburg .
Suffrage
The electoral law for the first state elections in 1990 was passed by the People's Chamber before the state of Saxony was formed . The new electoral law was passed on August 5, 1993 by the Saxon state parliament. It reduced the number of MPs from 160 to 120 and provided for a term of office of five years.
Election campaign
The CDU, SPD, PDS, Greens and FDP signed an election campaign agreement on March 15, 1994 under the name “Fairness Agreement” . This included rules for limiting election campaign costs and an “election campaign of the arguments”.
Result
With a turnout of 58.4%, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under the leadership of Prime Minister Kurt Biedenkopf was able to clearly defend the absolute majority in the state parliament and achieved its best result to date in Saxony as well as its best result at state level with clear gains. Once again, she was able to win all 60 direct mandates. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) was able to increase its result by 6.3 percentage points, while the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) suffered losses (−2.5 percentage points).
The parties B'90 / Die Grünen and FDP missed the re-entry into the state parliament.
| Political party | First votes | Second votes | proportion of | Mandates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU | 1,015,138 | 1,199,883 | 58.1% | 77 |
| SPD | 453.122 | 342,706 | 16.6% | 22nd |
| PDS | 288.294 | 339.619 | 16.5% | 21st |
| Green | 134,822 | 85,485 | 4.1% | - |
| FDP | 74,022 | 36,075 | 1.7% | - |
| REP | - | 26,177 | 1.3% | - |
| NFS | 5,231 | 13,555 | 0.7% | - |
| DSU | 20,076 | 12,851 | 0.6% | - |
| PLC | - | 7,431 | 0.4% | - |
| AfS | 2,845 | - | - | - |
| FW Geithain | 1,724 | - | - | - |
| league | 1,164 | - | - | - |
| BfB | 1,135 | - | - | - |
| 3 individual applicants | 6.093 | - | - | - |
literature
- State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony (edit.) 1994: Elections in the Free State of Saxony - State elections: Official results. Special issue. 1994, Kamenz.
- Thomas Schubert: Election campaign in Saxony: A qualitative longitudinal analysis of the state election campaigns 1990-2004, 2011, ISBN 9783531928302
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Final official election result of the 1994 state elections in the Free State of Saxony State Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony
- ↑ SächsGVBl. P. 723
- ↑ Thomas Schubert: Election Campaign in Saxony, p. 146 ff.
