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.
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All 89 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 1,464,096 (69.5%) 2.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1996 result | |||
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| 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 February 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 | ? | 42 |
| 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 | January 2000 | 1,000 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Infratest dimap | January 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 March 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
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| Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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| 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 |
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| Voter turnout | 69.5 | 2.3 |
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Sources
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