The 1994 Brandenburg state election was held on 11 September 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Brandenburg. The incumbent government was a traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Free Democratic Party (FDP) and The Greens, led by Minister-President Manfred Stolpe. The SPD achieved a 16% swing in its favour and won an absolute majority with 54% of the vote, while both of its coalition partners lost their seats. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered a major swing against it, falling to 18.7%. The Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) also finished on 18.7%, just 62 votes behind the CDU. Minister-President Stolpe continued in office.

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1994 Brandenburg state election

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All 88 seats in the Landtag of Brandenburg 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,072,009 (56.3%) 10.8%
First party Second party Third party   CDU Leader Manfred Stolpe Peter Wagner Helmuth Markov Party SPD CDU PDS Last election 36 seats, 38.2% 27 seats, 29.4% 13 seats, 13.4% Seats won 52 18 18 Seat change 16 9 5 Popular vote 580,422 200,700 200,628 Percentage 54.1% 18.7% 18.7% Swing 15.9% 10.7% 5.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Gr FDP Leader Sylvia Voß Detlev Paepke Party Greens FDP Last election 6 seats, 6.4% 6 seats, 6.6% Seats won 0 0 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 31,033 23,541 Percentage 2,9 % 2,2 % Swing 6,3% 4.4%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election Stolpe I SPD–FDP–Alliance 90 Government after election Stolpe II SPD majority

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This election marked the first and last time that a party gained an absolute majority in Brandenburg. In addition, this was also the first and last time that a party won all single-member constituencies (44).

The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Brandenburg.

• Amtliches Endergebnis der Landtagswahl in Brandenburg 1994