The 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 27 February 2000 to elect the members of the

Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the ...

. The incumbent

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of the

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(SPD) and

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led by

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Heide Simonis Heide Simonis (; born 4 July 1943 in Bonn as Heide Steinhardt) is a German Author and Politician. She is a member of the SPD. From 1993 to 2005 she served as the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein. She was the first woman to serve as head ...

retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties

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

Opinion polling

Election result

, - , colspan=8, 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 630,827 , align= 43.1 , align= 3.3 , align= 41 , align= 8 , align= 46.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 515,521 , align= 35.2 , align= 2.0 , align= 33 , align= 3 , align= 37.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 111,649 , align= 7.6 , align= 1.9 , align= 7 , align= 3 , align= 7.9 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

(Grüne) , align= 91,389 , align= 6.2 , align= 1.9 , align= 5 , align= 1 , align= 5.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

South Schleswig Voters' Association da, Sydslesvigsk Vælgerforening frr, Söödschlaswiksche Wäälerferbånd , logo = Südschleswigscher Wählerverband, Logo.svg , logo_size = 165px , chairman = Christian Dirschauer , leader1_title = Vice Chairmen ...

(SSW) , align= 60,367 , align= 4.1 , align= 1.6 , align= 3 , align= 1 , align= 3.4 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) , align= 20,066 , align= 1.4 , align= 1.4 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , National Democratic Party (NPD) , align= 15,121 , align= 1.0 , align= 1.0 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 19,355 , align= 1.3 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,464,096 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 89 ! align= 14 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 69.5 ! align= 2.3 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Sources

The Federal Returning Officer
Elections in Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

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