The 1994 Bavarian state election was held on 25 September 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor losses. The largest change in the election was the collapse of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which lost all its seats.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the 12th Landtag of Bavaria. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1990 result Votes (%) Seats CSU Christian Social Union in Bavaria Christian democracy Edmund Stoiber 54.9% SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Renate Schmidt 26.0% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics 6.4% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 5.2%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize CSU SPD Grüne FDP REP Others Lead 1994 state election 25 Sep 1994 – 52.8 30.0 6.1 2.8 3.9 4.3 22.8 Basisresearch Jul 1993 1,002 52 28 6 4 – ? 24 Infratest Feb 1993 1,002 39 29 9 6 11 6 10 Forsa 4–10 Dec 1992 1,034 45 28 8 ? 12 ? 17 1990 state election 14 Oct 1990 – 54.9 26.0 6.4 5.2 4.9 2.7 28.9
Election result
| colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Social Union (CSU) | align=right| 6,163,888 | align=right| 52.8 | align=right| 2.1 | align=right| 120 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 58.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 3,506,620 | align=right| 30.0 | align=right| 4.0 | align=right| 70 | align=right| 12 | align=right| 34.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 713,732 | align=right| 6.1 | align=right| 0.3 | align=right| 14 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 6.9 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | The Republicans (REP) | align=right| 454,170 | align=right| 3.9 | align=right| 1.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 327,305 | align=right| 2.8 | align=right| 2.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) | align=right| 248,983 | align=right| 2.1 | align=right| 0.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Bavaria Party (BP) | align=right| 119,872 | align=right| 1.0 | align=right| 0.2 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0
| align=left | Others | align=right| 135,311 | align=right| 1.2 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 11,669,881 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 204 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 67.8 ! align=right| 1.9 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik