1994 German presidential election

1994 German presidential election

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Nominee Roman Herzog Johannes Rau Hildegard Hamm-Brücher Party CDU SPD FDP Electoral vote 604 (1st round) 622 (2nd round) 696 (3rd round) 505 (1st round) 559 (2nd round) 605 (3rd round) 132 (1st round) 126 (2nd round)   Nominee Jens Reich Hans Hirzel Party Greens REP Electoral vote 62 (1st round) 12 (1st round) 11 (2nd round) 11 (3rd round)

President before election Richard von Weizsäcker CDU Elected President Roman Herzog CDU

An indirect presidential election (officially the 10th Federal Convention) was held in Germany on 23 May 1994 and the first after the reunification. Incumbent president Richard von Weizsäcker was term-limited and could therefore not stand for reelection. Roman Herzog, candidate for the Christian Democratic Union, was elected in three rounds of voting. ^[1]

Composition of the Federal Convention

The president is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament.

By party		By state
Party	Members	State	Members
CDU/CSU	620	Bundestag	662
SPD	502	Baden-Württemberg	79
FDP	112	Bavaria	96
Greens	43	Berlin	28
PDS	34	Brandenburg	22
Republicans	8	Bremen	5
Independents	4	Hamburg	13
DVLH	1	Hessen	46
Total	1324 [2]	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	16
		North Rhine-Westphalia	141
		Rhineland-Palatinate	32
		Saarland	9
		Saxony	41
		Saxony-Anhalt	25
		Schleswig-Holstein	23
		Thuringia	23
		Total	1324 [2]

Results

Berlin, 23 May 1994 – Total votes 1324 – Absolute majority 663

Candidate	First Round		Second Round		Third Round		Nominating Party
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	First Round	Second Round	Third Round
Roman Herzog	604	45.6%	622	47.0%	696	52.6%	CDU/CSU	CDU/CSU, FDP
Johannes Rau	505	38.1%	559	42.2%	605	45.7%	SPD
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher	132	10.0%	126	9.5%			FDP
Jens Reich	62	4.7%					Alliance '90/The Greens
Hans Hirzel	12	0.9%	11	0.8%	11	0.8%	The Republicans
Valid votes	1,315	100%	1,318	100%	1,312	100%

References

1. Billing, Werner (1995). The struggle to fill the highest state office: Selection and election of the Federal President 1994. Journal for Parliamentary Questions. pp. 595–620.
2. Eine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten from 18 March 2012