2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election

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27 February 2000

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All 89 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
45 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

1,464,096 (69.5%)

2.3%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Minister-President before election

Heide Simonis
SPD

Elected Minister-President

Heide Simonis
SPD

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.

Parties

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

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1996 result
Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	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

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	SPD	CDU	Grüne	FDP	SSW	Others	Lead
Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size						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

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

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