NOTES ON THE 1994 ELECTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: GERMANY
In: Electoral studies: an international journal, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 338-341
ISSN: 0261-3794
IN GERMANY THE FOURTH EUROPEAN PARLIMENTARY ELECTION TOOK PLACE ON 12 JUNE 1994. THIS WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AFTER GERMANY'S 1990 REUNIFICATION, SO 12.6 MILLION CITIZENS OF THE NEW LANDER HAD THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR PREFERENCES IN A EUROPEAN ELECTION. TWENTY-SIX POLITICAL PARTIES COMPETED FOR 99 GERMANY SEATS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. THE TURNOUT WAS NOT BAD FOR A EUROPEAN ELECTION, THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ARE THE MAJOR LOSERS, AND THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND ITS ALLY THE BAVARIAN CHRISTIAN SOCIALISTS AND THE ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS ARE THE WINNERS OF THE ELECTION.