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
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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
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
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(SPD),
The Greens The Greens or Greens may refer to:
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, and the
South Schleswig Voters' Association
da, Sydslesvigsk Vælgerforening frr, Söödschlaswiksche Wäälerferbånd
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, chairman = Christian Dirschauer
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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
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! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
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! Seats %
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Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
, align= 471,460
, align= 32.0
, align= 1.2
, align= 25
, align= 3
, align= 34.2
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
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(SPD)
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, align= 27.3
, align= 3.1
, align= 21
, align= 1
, align= 28.8
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, align=left ,
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
, align= 190,181
, align= 12.9
, align= 0.3
, align= 10
, align= 0
, align= 13.7
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Free Democratic Party (FDP)
, align= 169,037
, align= 11.5
, align= 3.3
, align= 9
, align= 3
, align= 12.3
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, align=left ,
Alternative for Germany (AfD)
, align= 86,711
, align= 5.9
, align= New
, align= 5
, align= New
, align= 6.8
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
South Schleswig Voters' Association
da, Sydslesvigsk Vælgerforening frr, Söödschlaswiksche Wäälerferbånd
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, logo_size = 165px
, chairman = Christian Dirschauer
, leader1_title = Vice Chairmen ...
(SSW)
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, align= 3.3
, align= 1.3
, align= 3
, align= 0
, align= 4.1
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The Left (Linke)
, align= 56,018
, align= 3.8
, align= 1.5
, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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, bgcolor=,
, align=left ,
Pirate Party Germany
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(Piraten)
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, align= 1.2
, align= 7.0
, align= 0
, align= 6
, align= 0
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, align=left , Others
, align= 33,236
, align= 2.3
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, align= 0
, align= ±0
, align= 0
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! align=right colspan=2, Total
! align= 1,474,508
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! align= 73
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! align=right colspan=2, Voter turnout
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! align= 64.2
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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
{{2017 elections in Germany
2017 elections in Germany
Elections in Schleswig-Holstein
May 2017 events in Germany