1994 Saarland state election
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All 51 seats of the Landtag of Saarland 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 688,880 (83.5%)![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1994 Saarland state election was held on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the Landtag of Saarland. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Oskar Lafontaine was returned with a reduced majority and continued in office.
Parties
[edit]The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Saarland.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Oskar Lafontaine | 54.4% | 30 / 51 | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Klaus Töpfer | 33.4% | 18 / 51 | |
FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | 5.6% | 3 / 51 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 340,091 | 49.4 | ![]() | 27 | ![]() | 52.9 | |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 265,871 | 38.6 | ![]() | 21 | ![]() | 41.2 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 38,087 | 5.5 | ![]() | 3 | ![]() | 5.9 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 14,206 | 2.1 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | |
The Republicans (REP) | 9,708 | 1.4 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Others | 20,917 | 3.0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 688,880 | 100.0 | 51 | ±0 | |||
Voter turnout | 83.5 | ![]() |