1994 German Federal Election
16 October 1994 · The Berlin Republic · 672 seats, 337 for a majority
A federal election was held in Germany on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU alliance led by Helmut Kohl remained the largest faction in parliament, with Kohl remaining Chancellor in a narrowly re-elected coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
Chancellor before
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Chancellor (continued)
Helmut Kohl
CDU
Largest force
CDU/CSU
294 of 672 seats
Turnout
79.0%
The result
| Share of the chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU/CSU | Helmut Kohl | 294 | -25 | 19.517.156 | 41.4% | -2.4 | |
| SPD | Rudolf Scharping | 252 | +13 | 17.140.354 | 36.4% | +2.9 | |
| Greens | Ludger Volmer & | 49 | +41 | 3.424.315 | 7.3% | +2.2 | |
| FDP | Klaus Kinkel | 47 | -32 | 3.258.407 | 6.9% | -4.1 | |
| PDS | Lothar Bisky | 30 | +13 | 2.066.176 | 4.4% | +2.0 |