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
27 February 2000
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%
Minister-President before election

Heide Simonis
SPD

 Elected Minister-President

Heide Simonis
SPD

Parties

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
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
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 Increase3.3 41 Increase8 46.1
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 515,521 35.2 Decrease2.0 33 Increase3 37.1
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 111,649 7.6 Increase1.9 7 Increase3 7.9
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 91,389 6.2 Decrease1.9 5 Decrease1 5.6
South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) 60,367 4.1 Increase1.6 3 Increase1 3.4
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 20,066 1.4 Increase1.4 0 ±0 0
National Democratic Party (NPD) 15,121 1.0 Increase1.0 0 ±0 0
Others 19,355 1.3 0 ±0 0
Total 1,464,096 100.0 89 Increase14
Voter turnout 69.5 Decrease2.3
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%

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