German presidential election, 1994

German presidential election, 1994

120px 122px 100px Nominee Roman Herzog Johannes Rau Hildegard Hamm-Brücher Party CDU SPD FDP Electoral vote 604 (1st round) 622 (2nd round) 696 (3rd round) 505 (1st round) 559 (2nd round) 605 (3rd round) 132 (1st round) 126 (2nd round)   Nominee Jens Reich Hans Hirzel Party Green REP Electoral vote 62 (1st round) 12 (1st round) 11 (2nd round) 11 (3rd round)

President before election Richard von Weizsäcker CDU Elected President Roman Herzog CDU

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 State
Party	Members		State	Members
CDU/CSU	620		Bundestag	662
SPD	502		Baden-Württemberg	79
FDP	112		Bavaria	96
Greens	43		Berlin	28
PDS	34		Brandenburg	22
Republicans	8		Bremen	5
Independents	4		Hamburg	13
DVLH	1		Hessen	46
Total	1324		Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	16
			North Rhine-Westphalia	141
			Rhineland-Palatinate	32
			Saarland	9
			Saxony	41
			Saxony-Anhalt	25
			Schleswig-Holstein	23
			Thuringia	23
			Total	1324

Source: Eine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten am 18. März 2012

Results

Berlin, 23 May 1994 – Total votes 1324 – Absolute majority 663

Round	Candidate	Votes	%	Nominating Party
Round One	Roman Herzog	604	45,6 %	CDU
	Johannes Rau	505	38,1 %	SPD
	Hildegard Hamm-Brücher	132	10,0 %	FDP
	Jens Reich	62	4,7 %	Alliance '90/The Greens
	Hans Hirzel	12	0,9 %	The Republicans
Round Two	Roman Herzog	622	47,0 %	CDU
	Johannes Rau	559	42,2 %	SPD
	Hildegard Hamm-Brücher	126	9,5 %	FDP
	Hans Hirzel	11	0,8 %	The Republicans
Round Three	Roman Herzog	696	52,6 %	CDU
	Johannes Rau	605	45,7 %	SPD
	Hans Hirzel	11	0,8 %	The Republicans
Roman Herzog was elected as President of the Federal Republic of Germany.