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The 1994 Saxony state election was held on 11 September 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Saxony. The incumbent Christian Democratic Union (CDU) government led by Minister-President Kurt Biedenkopf retained its majority and continued in office.
The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Saxony.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1990 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Kurt Biedenkopf | 53.8% | 92 / 160 | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | 19.1% | 32 / 160 | ||
| PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus | Democratic socialism | 10.2% | 17 / 160 | ||
| Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | Green politics | 5.6% | 10 / 160 | ||
| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | 5.3% | 9 / 160 | ||
| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 1,199,883 | 58.1 |  4.3 | 77 | 15 | 64.2 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 341,706 | 16.6 | 3.5 | 22 | 10 | 18.3 | |
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 339,619 | 16.5 | 6.3 | 21 | 4 | 17.5 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 85,485 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 36,075 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| The Republicans (REP) | 26,177 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
| Others | 33,837 | 1.6 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,063,782 | 100.0 | 120 | 40 | |||
| Voter turnout | 58.4 | 14.4 | |||||
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