2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election

The 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 27 February 2000 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Heide Simonis retained its majority and continued in office.

2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election

← 1996 27 February 2000 2005 →

All 89 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,464,096 (69.5%)
Decrease 2.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Heide Simonis Volker Rühe
Party SPD CDU FDP
Last election 33 seats, 39.8% 30 seats, 37.2% 4 seats, 5.7%
Seats won 41 33 7
Seat change Increase 8 Increase 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 630,728 515,421 111,649
Percentage 43.1% 35.2% 7.6%
Swing Increase 3.3% Decrease 2.0% Increase 1.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Greens SSW
Last election 6 seats, 8.1% 2 seats, 2.5%
Seats won 5 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 91,389 60,367
Percentage 6.2% 4.1%
Swing Decrease 1.9% Increase 1.6%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Minister-President before election

Heide Simonis
SPD

Elected Minister-President

Heide Simonis
SPD

Parties

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The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1996 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Social democracy Heide Simonis 39.8%
33 / 75
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Christian democracy Volker Rühe 37.2%
30 / 75
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Green politics 8.1%
6 / 75
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei
Classical liberalism 5.7%
4 / 75
SSW South Schleswig Voters' Association
Südschleswigscher Wählerverband
Danish and Frisian minority interests 2.5%
2 / 75

Opinion polling

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
SPD CDU Grüne FDP SSW Others Lead
2000 state election 27 Feb 2000 43.1 35.2 6.2 7.6 4.1 3.7 7.9
Forsa 25 Feb 2000 ? 44 36 5 6 4 5 8
Infratest Burke 18 Feb 2000 ? 46 ? 4 ? 4 ? ?
Forsa 16 Feb 2000 1,000 44 37 5 6 3 5 7
Infratest dimap 16 Feb 2000 1,000 45 33 4.5 9.5 4 4 12
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 31 Jan–2 Feb 2000 1,003 44 34 8 8 4 2 10
Forsa 27–31 Jan 2000 1,000 42 40 4 6 3 5 2
Infratest dimap 24–30 Jan 2000 1,000 45 34 5 8 4 4 11
Infratest Burke 28 Jan 2000 ? 44 37 5 6 3 5 7
Forsa 20–24 Jan 2000 1,008 43 39 5 6 3 4 4
Infratest dimap 20 Jan 2000 1,001 45 35 5 7 8 10
Forsa Jan 2000 1,000 43 41 4 5 3 4 2
Infratest dimap Jan 2000 1,000 42 41 6 6 2 3 1
Infratest Burke 18 Dec 1999 ~1,000 40 43 ? ? ? 3
Infratest dimap 3–9 Dec 1999 1,000 41 42 5 5 3 4 1
Infratest Burke 5 Nov 1999 ? 37 47 5 4 7 10
Infratest Burke 16 Aug–5 Sep 1999 508 42 45 4 4 ? 3
Infratest Burke 5 Mar 1999 ? 42 41 5 4 8 1
Infratest Burke 14 Jan 1999 ? 46 36 5 5 8 10
1996 state election 24 Mar 1996 39.8 37.2 8.1 5.7 2.5 6.6 2.6

Election result

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Summary of the 27 February 2000 election results for the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
 
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 630,827 43.1  3.3 41  8 46.1
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 515,521 35.2  2.0 33  3 37.1
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 111,649 7.6  1.9 7  3 7.9
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 91,389 6.2  1.9 5  1 5.6
South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) 60,367 4.1  1.6 3  1 3.4
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 20,066 1.4  1.4 0 ±0 0
National Democratic Party (NPD) 15,121 1.0  1.0 0 ±0 0
Others 19,355 1.3 0 ±0 0
Total 1,464,096 100.0 89  14
Voter turnout 69.5  2.3
Popular Vote
SPD
43.08%
CDU
35.20%
FDP
7.63%
B'90/GRÜNE
6.24%
SSW
4.12%
Other
3.73%
Landtag seats
SPD
46.07%
CDU
37.08%
FDP
7.87%
B'90/GRÜNE
5.62%
SSW
3.37%

Sources

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