1994 Lower Saxony state election

1994 Lower Saxony state election

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All 161 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout4,249,021 (73.8%)
Decrease 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 Increase 10 Steady 0
Popular vote 1,880,623 1,547,610
Percentage 44.3% 36.4%
Swing Increase 0.1% Decrease 5.6%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Greens FDP
Last election 8 seats, 5.5% 9 seats, 6.0%
Seats won 13 0
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 9
Popular vote 314,344 188,691
Percentage 7.4% 4.4%
Swing Increase 1.9% Decrease 1.6%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Minister-President before election

Gerhard Schröder
SPD

Elected Minister-President

Gerhard Schröder
SPD

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.