The 1994 Thuringian state election was held on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 2nd

Landtag of Thuringia The Landtag of Thuringia is the parliament of the German federal state of Thuringia. It convenes in Erfurt and currently consists of 90 members from six parties. According to the free state's constitution, the primary functions of the Landtag ...

. The incumbent

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of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) led by

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Bernhard Vogel Bernhard Vogel (; born 19 December 1932) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. ...

was defeated. The CDU suffered only minor losses, but the FDP lost its representation the Landtag. After the election, the CDU formed a

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with the

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(SPD), and Vogel continued in office.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 1st Landtag of Thuringia.

Election result

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 605,608 , align= 42.6 , align= 2.8 , align= 42 , align= 2 , align= 47.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 420,236 , align= 29.6 , align= 6.8 , align= 29 , align= 8 , align= 33.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 235,556 , align= 16.6 , align= 6.9 , align= 17 , align= 8 , align= 19.3 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(Grüne) , align= 64,041 , align= 4.5 , align= 2.0 , align= 0 , align= 6 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 45,651 , align= 3.2 , align= 6.1 , align= 0 , align= 9 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 18,298 , align= 1.3 , align= 0.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , New Forum (FORUM) , align= 15,060 , align= 1.1 , align= 1.1 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 17,298 , align= 1.2 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,421,748 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 88 ! align= 1 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 74.8 ! align= 3.1 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

Landtagswahl 1994 in Thüringen - endgültiges Ergebnis
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