2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election

The 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 27 February 2000 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Heide Simonis retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties

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

{| class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2 colspan=3| Name

! rowspan=2| Ideology

! rowspan=2| Leader(s)

! colspan=2| 1996 result

! Votes (%)

! Seats

| bgcolor= |

| align=center| SPD

| Social Democratic Party of Germany

| Social democracy

| Heide Simonis

| align=center| 39.8%

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| align=center| CDU

| Christian Democratic Union of Germany

| Christian democracy

| Volker Rühe

| align=center| 37.2%

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| align=center| Grüne

| Alliance 90/The Greens

| Green politics

| align=center| 8.1%

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| align=center| FDP

| Free Democratic Party

| Classical liberalism

| align=center| 5.7%

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| align=center| SSW

| South Schleswig Voters' Association

| Danish and Frisian minority interests

| align=center| 2.5%

Opinion polling

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"

|- style="height:40px;"

! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm

! style="width:120px;" rowspan="2"| Fieldwork date

! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SPD

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| CDU

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Grüne

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| FDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| SSW

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others

! style="width:30px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

! style="background:;"|

|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 2000 state election

| data-sort-value="2000-02-27"| 27 Feb 2000

| –

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 43.1

| 35.2

| 6.2

| 7.6

| 4.1

| 3.7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7.9

| Forsa

| data-sort-value="2000-02-25"| 25 Feb 2000

| ?

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 44

| 36

| 5

| 6

| 4

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8

| Infratest Burke

| data-sort-value="2000-02-18"| 18 Feb 2000

| ?

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 46

| ?

| 4

| ?

| 4

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| ?

| Forsa

| data-sort-value="2000-02-16"| 16 Feb 2000

| 1,000

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 44

| 37

| 5

| 6

| 3

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-02-16"| 16 Feb 2000

| 1,000

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 45

| 33

| 4.5

| 9.5

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 12

| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen

| data-sort-value="2000-02-04"| 31 Jan–2 Feb 2000

| 1,003

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 44

| 34

| 8

| 4

| 2

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

| Forsa

| data-sort-value="2000-02-02"| 27–31 Jan 2000

| 1,000

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 42

| 40

| 4

| 6

| 3

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-02-02"| 24–30 Jan 2000

| 1,000

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 45

| 34

| 5

| 8

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11

| Infratest Burke

| data-sort-value="2000-01-28"| 28 Jan 2000

| ?

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 44

| 37

| 5

| 6

| 3

| 5

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

| Forsa

| data-sort-value="2000-01-26"| 20–24 Jan 2000

| 1,008

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 43

| 39

| 5

| 6

| 3

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-01-20"| 20 Jan 2000

| 1,001

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 45

| 35

| 5

| 7

| –

| 8

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

| Forsa

| data-sort-value="2000-01-12"| Jan 2000

| 1,000

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 43

| 41

| 4

| 5

| 3

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="2000-01-12"| Jan 2000

| 1,000

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 42

| 41

| 6

| 2

| 3

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

| Infratest Burke

| data-sort-value="1999-12-18"| 18 Dec 1999

| ~1,000

| 40

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 43

| ?

| –

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

| Infratest dimap

| data-sort-value="1999-12-15"| 3–9 Dec 1999

| 1,000

| 41

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 42

| 5

| 3

| 4

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

| Infratest Burke

| data-sort-value="1999-11-05"| 5 Nov 1999

| ?

| 37

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 47

| 5

| 4

| –

| 7

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

| Infratest Burke

| data-sort-value="1999-09-17"| 16 Aug–5 Sep 1999

| 508

| 42

| style="background:#D7D5D7;"| 45

| 4

| –

| ?

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

| Infratest Burke

| data-sort-value="1999-03-05"| 5 Mar 1999

| ?

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 42

| 41

| 5

| 4

| –

| 8

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

| Infratest Burke

| data-sort-value="1999-01-14"| 14 Jan 1999

| ?

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 46

| 36

| 5

| –

| 8

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

|- style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| 1996 state election

| data-sort-value="1996-03-24"| 24 Mar 1996

| –

| style="background:#FFCCCC;"| 39.8

| 37.2

| 8.1

| 5.7

| 2.5

| 6.6

| style="background:;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2.6

Election result

| colspan=8| center|350px

! colspan="2" | Party

! Votes

! %

! +/-

! Seats

! +/-

! Seats %

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)

| align=right| 630,827

| align=right| 43.1

| align=right| 3.3

| align=right| 41

| align=right| 8

| align=right| 46.1

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

| align=right| 515,521

| align=right| 35.2

| align=right| 2.0

| align=right| 33

| align=right| 3

| align=right| 37.1

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)

| align=right| 111,649

| align=right| 7.6

| align=right| 1.9

| align=right| 7

| align=right| 3

| align=right| 7.9

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)

| align=right| 91,389

| align=right| 6.2

| align=right| 1.9

| align=right| 5

| align=right| 1

| align=right| 5.6

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW)

| align=right| 60,367

| align=right| 4.1

| align=right| 1.6

| align=right| 3

| align=right| 1

| align=right| 3.4

! colspan=8|

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)

| align=right| 20,066

| align=right| 1.4

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)

| align=right| 15,121

| align=right| 1.0

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

| bgcolor=|

| align=left | Others

| align=right| 19,355

| align=right| 1.3

| align=right|

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

! align=right colspan=2| Total

! align=right| 1,464,096

! align=right| 100.0

! align=right|

! align=right| 89

! align=right| 14

! align=right|

! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout

! align=right|

! align=right| 69.5

! align=right| 2.3

! align=right|

Sources

The Federal Returning Officer