1994 Lower Saxony state election

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1994 Lower Saxony state election

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All 161 seats in the Landtag of Lower Saxony
81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 4,249,021 (73.8%)
0.8%
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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%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Party  | Greens | 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%

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Results for the single-member constituencies

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| Minister-President before election

Gerhard Schröder
SPD

| Elected Minister-President

Gerhard Schröder
SPD

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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

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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

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Summary of the 13 March 1994 election results for the Landtag of Lower Saxony Party  | Votes  | %  | +/-  | Seats  | +/-  | Seats %

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| 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

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SPD |

| 44.26%
CDU |

| 36.42%
B'90/GRÜNE |

| 7.40%
FDP |

| 4.44%
REP |

| 3.74%
Other |

| 3.74%

| Landtag seats

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SPD |

| 50.31%
CDU |

| 41.61%
B'90/GRÜNE |

| 8.07%

## Sources

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* Landtagswahlen in Niedersachsen

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