The 1992 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 5 April 1992 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Björn Engholm narrowly retained its majority by a margin of one seat. The major change of the election was the entry of the national conservative German People's Union to the Landtag. The

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also re-entered the Landtag, while The Greens failed to surpass the threshold by a margin of 0.03%.

Parties

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

Election result

, - , colspan=8, 1992 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Social Democratic Party (SPD) , align= 687,427 , align= 46.2 , align= 8.6 , align= 45 , align= 1 , align= 50.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 503,510 , align= 33.8 , align= 0.5 , align= 32 , align= 5 , align= 36.0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , German People's Union (DVU) , align= 93,295 , align= 6.3 , align= 6.4 , align= 6 , align= 6 , align= 6.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(FDP) , align= 82,963 , align= 5.6 , align= 1.2 , align= 5 , align= 5 , align= 5.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) , align= 28,245 , align= 1.9 , align= 0.2 , align= 1 , align= ±0 , align= 1.1 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

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(Grüne) , align= 74,014 , align= 5.0 , align= 2.9 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Republicans (REP) , align= 18,225 , align= 1.2 , align= 0.6 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 230 , align= 0.0 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,487,909 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 89 ! align= 15 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 71.7 ! align= 5.7 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

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