2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election

The 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 7 May 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent government was led by Minister-President Torsten Albig, and consisted of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), The Greens, and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). The government lost its majority in the election.

2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election
7 May 2017
All 73 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
37 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,474,508 (64.2%)
4.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Daniel Günther Torsten Albig Monika Heinold
Party CDU SPD Green
Last election 22 seats, 30.8% 22 seats, 30.4% 10 seats, 13.2%
Seats won 25 21 10
Seat change 3 1 0
Popular vote 471,460 401,806 190,181
Percentage 32.0% 27.3% 12.9%
Swing 1.2% 3.1% 0.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Wolfgang Kubicki Jörg Nobis Marianne Kolter
Party FDP AfD Left
Last election 6 seats, 8.2% Did not exist 0 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 9 5 0
Seat change 3 5 0
Popular vote 169,037 86,711 56,018
Percentage 11.5% 5.9% 3.8%
Swing 3.3% New party 1.5%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Lars Harms Patrick Breyer
Party SSW Pirates
Last election 3 seats, 4.6% 6 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 3 0
Seat change 0 6
Popular vote 48,968 17,091
Percentage 3.3% 1.2%
Swing 1.3% 7.0%
Results for the direct mandates.
Minister-President before election

Torsten Albig
SPD

 Elected Minister-President

Daniel Günther
CDU

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) subsequently formed a Jamaica coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens. CDU leader Daniel Günther was elected Minister-President by the Landtag, and Cabinet Günther was sworn into office.

Parties

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

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2012 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands		 Christian democracy Daniel Günther 30.8%
22 / 69
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands		 Social democracy Torsten Albig 30.4%
22 / 69
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen		 Green politics Monika Heinold 13.2%
10 / 69
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei		 Classical liberalism Wolfgang Kubicki 8.2%
6 / 69
Piraten Pirate Party Germany
Piratenpartei Deutschland		 Pirate politics Patrick Breyer 8.2%
6 / 69
SSW South Schleswig Voters' Association
Südschleswigscher Wählerverband		 Danish and Frisian minority interests Lars Harms 4.6%
3 / 69

Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size		 CDU SPD Grüne FDP Piraten SSW Linke AfD Others Lead
2017 state election 7 May 2017 – 32.0 27.3 12.9 11.5 1.2 3.3 3.8 5.9 2.3 4.7
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 2–4 May 2017 1,814 32 29 12 11 – 3 4.5 6 2.5 3
INSA 26–28 Apr 2017 1,004 33 29 12 10 – 4 5 5 2 4
Infratest dimap 25–26 Apr 2017 1,003 32 31 12 8.5 – 3 4.5 6 3 1
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 24–26 Apr 2017 1,001 32 30 12 9 – 3 5 6 3 2
Infratest dimap 18–19 Apr 2017 1,002 31 33 12 9 – 3 4 5 3 2
Infratest dimap 30 Mar–4 Apr 2017 1,002 30 33 12 9 – 3 4 7 2 3
Infratest dimap 9–14 Mar 2017 1,000 27 33 14 9 – 3 4 7 3 6
Infratest dimap 2–6 Dec 2016 1,001 34 26 15 9 – 3 5 6 2 8
INSA 6–14 Oct 2016 1,000 26 31 13 12 1 4 4 6 3 5
Forsa 6–12 Apr 2016 1,001 28 28 16 9 1 4 3 9 2 Tie
Infratest dimap 27–29 Oct 2014 1,002 34 29 15 3 2 3 5 7 2 5
Infratest dimap 2–5 May 2013 1,003 34 31 15 6 3 4 3 – 4 3
2012 state election 6 May 2012 – 30.8 30.4 13.2 8.2 8.2 4.6 2.3 – 2.4 0.4

Election result

Summary of the 7 May 2017 election results for the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein

Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 471,460 32.0 1.2 25 3 34.2
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 401,806 27.3 3.1 21 1 28.8
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 190,181 12.9 0.3 10 0 13.7
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 169,037 11.5 3.3 9 3 12.3
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 86,711 5.9 New 5 New 6.8
South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) 48,968 3.3 1.3 3 0 4.1
The Left (Linke) 56,018 3.8 1.5 0 ±0 0
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 17,091 1.2 7.0 0 6 0
Others 33,236 2.3 0 ±0 0
Total 1,474,508 100.0 73 4
Voter turnout 64.2 4.0
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 31.97%
SPD
 
 27.25%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 12.90%
FDP
 
 11.46%
AfD
 
 5.88%
DIE LINKE
 
 3.80%
SSW
 
 3.32%
PIRATEN
 
 1.16%
Other
 
 2.25%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 34.35%
SPD
 
 28.77%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 13.70%
FDP
 
 12.33%
AfD
 
 6.85%
SSW
 
 4.11%

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