1994 German presidential election

None August 2021 December 2021 1994 German presidential election Germany presidential no 1989 West German presidential election 1989 1999 German presidential election 1999 23 May 1994 130px Roman Herzog Christian Democratic Union (Germany) 604 (1st round) 622 (2nd round) 696 (3rd round) 107px Johannes Rau Social Democratic Party of Germany 505 (1st round) 559 (2nd round) 605 (3rd round) 108px Hildegard Hamm-Brücher Free Democratic Party (Germany) 132 (1st round)126 (2nd round) 100px Jens Reich Alliance '90/The Greens 62 (1st round) Hans Hirzel The Republicans (Germany) 12 (1st round)11 (2nd round)11 (3rd round) President Richard von Weizsäcker Christian Democratic Union (Germany) Roman Herzog Christian Democratic Union (Germany) 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.Billing Werner The struggle to fill the highest state office: Selection and election of the Federal President 1994 Journal for Parliamentary Questions 1995 595–620 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% References Presidential election 1994 Presidential election Category:Roman Herzog Category:Johannes Rau