The 1994 Thuringian state election was held on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd Landtag of Thuringia. The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by Minister-President Bernhard Vogel was defeated. The CDU suffered only minor losses, but the FDP lost its representation the Landtag. After the election, the CDU formed a grand coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD), and Vogel continued in office.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Thuringia. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1990 result Votes (%) Seats CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Bernhard Vogel 45.4% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Gerd Schuchardt 22.8% PDS Party of Democratic Socialism Democratic socialism Gabi Zimmer 9.7% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 9.3% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics 6.5%
Election result
! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 605,608 | align=right| 42.6 | align=right| 2.8 | align=right| 42 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 47.7 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 420,236 | align=right| 29.6 | align=right| 6.8 | align=right| 29 | align=right| 8 | align=right| 33.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 235,556 | align=right| 16.6 | align=right| 6.9 | align=right| 17 | align=right| 8 | align=right| 19.3 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 64,041 | align=right| 4.5 | align=right| 2.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 45,651 | align=right| 3.2 | align=right| 6.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 9 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 18,298 | align=right| 1.3 | align=right| 0.5 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | New Forum (FORUM) | align=right| 15,060 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 17,298 | align=right| 1.2 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,421,748 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 88 ! align=right| 1 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 74.8 ! align=right| 3.1 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources Landtagswahl 1994 in Thüringen - endgültiges Ergebnis