1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

←  1990 16 October 1994 1998  →
All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	977,867 (72.9%) 8.1%
First party Second party   Leader Berndt Seite Harald Ringstorff Party CDU SPD Last election 29 seats, 39.4% [a] 21 seats, 27.0% Seats won 30 23 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 368,206 288,431 Percentage 37.7% 29.5% Swing 1.7% 2.5%   Third party Fourth party   Party PDS FDP Last election 12 seats, 15.7% 4 seats, 5.5% Seats won 18 0 Seat change 6 4 Popular vote 221,814 37,498 Percentage 22.7% 3.8% Swing 7.0% 1.7%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election Berndt Seite CDU Elected Minister-President Berndt Seite CDU

The 1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The incumbent government was a coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Berndt Seite. While the CDU remained the largest party in the Landtag, the FDP suffered a 1.7-point swing and lost all its seats. The CDU subsequently formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Seite continued in office. As of 2025, this is the last time when the CDU was the largest political party in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1990 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Berndt Seite	39.4% [b]	29 / 66
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Harald Ringstorff	27.0%	21 / 66
	PDS	Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus	Democratic socialism		15.7%	12 / 66
	FDP	Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei	Classical liberalism		5.5%	4 / 66

Election result

Summary of the 16 October 1994 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	368,206	37.7	1.7 [c]	30	1 [d]	42.3
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	288,431	29.5	2.5	23	2	32.4
	Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	221,814	22.7	7.0	18	6	25.4
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	37,498	3.8	1.7	0	4	0
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	36,035	3.7	5.6 [e]	0	±0	0
	Others	25,883	2.6		0	±0	0
Total		977,867	100.0		71	±0
Voter turnout			72.9	8.1

Popular Vote CDU   37.65% SPD   29.50% PDS   22.68% FDP   3.83% B'90/GRÜNE   3.69% Other   2.65%

Landtag seats CDU   42.25% SPD   32.39% PDS   25.35%

Notes

1. Results for the CDU (38.3%) and CSU (1.1%).
2. Results for the CDU (38.3%) and CSU (1.1%).
3. Compared to results for the CDU (38.3%) and CSU (1.1%).
4. Compared to results for the CDU (30 seats) and CSU (0 seats).
5. Compared to results for The Greens (4.2%), New Forum (2.9%), and Alliance 90 (2.2%).

Sources

• Landtagswahlen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern