1994 German presidential election

An indirect presidential election (officially the 10th Federal Convention) was held in Germany on 23 May 1994 and the first after the reunification. Incumbent president Richard von Weizsäcker was term-limited and could therefore not stand for reelection. Roman Herzog, candidate for the Christian Democratic Union, was elected in three rounds of voting.

Composition of the Federal Convention The president is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament.

By party By statePartyMembersStateMembersCDU/CSU620Bundestag662SPD502Baden-Württemberg79FDP112Bavaria96Greens43Berlin28PDS34Brandenburg22Republicans8Bremen5Independents4Hamburg13DVLH1Hessen46Total1324Eine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten from 18 March 2012Mecklenburg-Vorpommern16North Rhine-Westphalia141Rhineland-Palatinate32Saarland9Saxony41Saxony-Anhalt25Schleswig-Holstein23Thuringia23Total1324

Results + Berlin, 23 May 1994 – Total votes 1324 – Absolute majority 663CandidateFirst RoundSecond RoundThird RoundNominating Party Votes % Votes % Votes %First RoundSecond RoundThird Round Roman Herzog 604 45.6%62247.0%69652.6% CDU/CSUCDU/CSU, FDP Johannes Rau 505 38.1%55942.2%60545.7% SPD Hildegard Hamm-Brücher 132 10.0%1269.5% FDP Jens Reich 62 4.7% Alliance '90/The Greens Hans Hirzel 12 0.9%110.8%110.8%The RepublicansValid votes1,315100%1,318100%1,312100%

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