The 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 7 May 2017 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 government was led by

Minister-President A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. I ...

Torsten Albig Torsten Albig (born 25 May 1963) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany. From 2012 until 2017 he served as the 13th Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein. Early life and education Albig grew up in Ostholstein and B ...

, and consisted of the

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(SPD),

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, and the

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(SSW). The government lost its majority in the election. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) subsequently formed a Jamaica coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens. CDU leader

Daniel Günther Daniel Günther (born 24 July 1973) is a German politician who is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Since 28 June 2017, he has served as the Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1 November 2018 to 31 October ...

was elected Minister-President by the Landtag, and Günther cabinet was sworn into office.

Parties

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

Opinion polling

Election result

, - , colspan=8, Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein 2017

, - ! colspan="2" , Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , align= 471,460 , align= 32.0 , align= 1.2 , align= 25 , align= 3 , align= 34.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SPD) , align= 401,806 , align= 27.3 , align= 3.1 , align= 21 , align= 1 , align= 28.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) , align= 190,181 , align= 12.9 , align= 0.3 , align= 10 , align= 0 , align= 13.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Free Democratic Party (FDP) , align= 169,037 , align= 11.5 , align= 3.3 , align= 9 , align= 3 , align= 12.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Alternative for Germany (AfD) , align= 86,711 , align= 5.9 , align= New , align= 5 , align= New , align= 6.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

(SSW) , align= 48,968 , align= 3.3 , align= 1.3 , align= 3 , align= 0 , align= 4.1 , - ! colspan=8, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , The Left (Linke) , align= 56,018 , align= 3.8 , align= 1.5 , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left ,

Pirate Party Germany The Pirate Party Germany (german: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the informa ...

(Piraten) , align= 17,091 , align= 1.2 , align= 7.0 , align= 0 , align= 6 , align= 0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left , Others , align= 33,236 , align= 2.3 , align= , align= 0 , align= ±0 , align= 0 , - ! align=right colspan=2, Total ! align= 1,474,508 ! align= 100.0 ! align= ! align= 73 ! align= 4 ! align= , - ! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout ! align= ! align= 64.2 ! align= 4.0 ! align= ! align= ! align=

Results by constituency

First votes ("Erststimmen") by constituency

Results by age group

Second votes ("Zweitstimmen") by age group

References

External links

Polling at wahlrecht.de
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