1993 Besmenian federal election

1993 Besmenian federal election

September 5, 1993
427 seats 214 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Erik Tautenbach Kurt Stöger Ludwig Bröckler Party BVP FBBP GPB Leader since 27 September 1985 14 June 1991 6 November 1992 Leader's seat Neidenstein-Sulzburg Laitstadt Summingia Seats won 153 124 65 Seat change 8 55 32 Percentage 34,6% 28% 14,9% Swing 3,4% 10,5% 7,7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Doris Klammer-Brunt Alexander von Wiest Party SDU NBP Leader since 16 January 1984 10 July 1990 Leader's seat Summingia Greuningia Seats won 53 32 Seat change 17 New party Percentage 12,1% 7,3% Swing 3% New Party
Government before election Stöger cabinet FBBP-SDU Government after election First Tautenbach cabinet BVP-GPB

The 1993 Besmenian federal election took take place on September 5, 1993 in Besmenia. It was the election of the 20th Federal Chamber. The 20th Besmenian Federal Chamber was constituted on September 25, 1993. The Stöger government remained in office until a new government was sworn in.

Background

After the Assassination of Martin Beiter on May 5, 1991, the former Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications, Kurt Stöger, was elected Prime Minister by a majority of the Federal Chamber on May 15, 1991.

Contesting parties

Name			Ideology	Party leader	1989 result
					Votes (%)	Seats in the Federal Chamber
	FBBP	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei	Liberalism Social liberalism	Kurt Stöger	38,5%	179 / 427
	BVP	Besmenian People's Party Besmenische Volkspartei	Christian Democracy Conservatism	Erik Tautenbach	31,2%	145 / 427
	SDU	Social Democratic Union Sozialdemokratische Union	Social democracy	Doris Klammer-Brunt	15,1%	70 / 427
	GPB	Green Party of Besmenia Grüne Partei Besmeniens	Green conservatism	Ludwig Bröckler	7,2%	33 / 427

Candidates

FBBP

Kurt Stöger, who took over the position as Prime Minister and FBBP chairman after Martin Beiter's assassination, ran as an FBBP candidate in the election.

BVP

BVP chairman Erik Tautenbach ran for a second time as the BVP candidate after 1989.

SDU

The Federal Minister for Finance and Vice Prime Minister Doris Klammer-Brunt ran for the SDU a third time as prime minister candidate.

GPB

Ludwig Bröckler stood for the first time as prime minister candidate for the GPB.

NBP

For the first-time participant NBP, Alexander von Wiest ran as the NBP candidate in the election.

Results

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153	65	124	53	32
BVP	GPB	FBBP	SDU	NBP

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Besmenian People's Party	17,730,425	34,6	153
	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	14,348,321	28	124
	Green Party of Besmenia	7,635,356	14,9	65
	Social Democratic Union	6,200,524	12,1	53
	National Besmenian Party	3,740,812	7,3	32
	Other parties	1,434,832	2,8	0
Invalid/blank votes		153,732	0,3	–
Total		51,244,002	100	427
Registered voters		61,500,636	83,32	–

Popular vote BVP   34.6% FBBP   28.0% GPB   14.9% SDU   12.1% NBP   7.3% Other parties   2.8%

Government formation

Coalitions considered	Seats
Total seats	427
Absolute majority (From 214 seats)
BVP, FBBP	277
BVP, GPB	218

The goal of the FBBP and SDU to achieve a yellow-red majority again, as was achieved in 1980, 1981, 1985 and 1989, was not achieved in this election. Already in the polls months before the election, a FBBP-SDU coalition was ruled out, making a BVP-FBBP coalition the most likely in the last days before the election. After the announcement of the election results, the high election gains of the GPB led to the possibility of a BVP-GPB coalition, especially since both parties together had a majority of 218 seats in the Federal Chamber.

Aftermatch

The result led to the first blue-green coalition at federal level, which included Erik Tautenbach as Premier and Ludwig Bröckler as Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister. The Tautenbach I government was sworn in by President Otto Schulz on October 25, 1993.

Kurt Stöger announced his resignation as FBBP chairman on the night of the election. His successor was Heinz Maurich, who served as Minister of Justice from 1985 to 1993. Also on September 9, 1993, Doris Klammer-Brunt announced her resignation as SDU chairwoman.