| Election Name: | 1994 German presidential election |
| Country: | Germany |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1989 West German presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1989 |
| Next Election: | 1999 German presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Election Date: | 23 May 1994 |
| Nominee1: | Roman Herzog |
| Party1: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
| Electoral Vote1: | 604 (1st round) 622 (2nd round) 696 (3rd round) |
| Nominee2: | Johannes Rau |
| Party2: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Electoral Vote2: | 505 (1st round) 559 (2nd round) 605 (3rd round) |
| Nominee3: | Hildegard Hamm-Brücher |
| Party3: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Electoral Vote3: | 132 (1st round) 126 (2nd round) |
| Nominee4: | Jens Reich |
| Party4: | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Electoral Vote4: | 62 (1st round) |
| Nominee5: | Hans Hirzel |
| Party5: | The Republicans (Germany) |
| Electoral Vote5: | 12 (1st round) 11 (2nd round) 11 (3rd round) |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Richard von Weizsäcker |
| Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
| After Election: | Roman Herzog |
| After Party: | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
An indirect presidential election (officially the 10th Federal Convention) was held in Germany on 23 May 1994. 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.[1]
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 | ||
| Round | Candidate | Votes | % | Nominating Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | Roman Herzog | 604 | 45.6% | CDU/CSU | |
| 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/CSU, FDP | |
| 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/CSU, FDP | |
| 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. | |||||