Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2017

Schleswig-Holstein state election, 2017
7 May 2017
All 73 seats of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
37 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Daniel Günther Torsten Albig Monika Heinold
Party CDU SPD Green
Last election 22 seats, 30.8% 22 seats, 30.4% 10 seats, 13.2%
Seats before 22 22 10
Seats won 25 21 10
Seat change Increase3 Decrease1 Steady
Percentage 32.0% 27.2% 12.9%
Swing Increase1.2% Decrease3.2% Decrease0.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Wolfgang Kubicki Jörg Nobis Marianne Kolter
Party FDP AfD Left
Last election 6 seats, 8.2% did not exist 0 seats, 2.3%
Seats before 6 0 0
Seats won 9 5 0
Seat change Increase3 Increase5 Steady
Percentage 11.5% 5.9% 3.8%
Swing Increase3.2% Increase5.9% Increase1.5%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Lars Harms Patrick Breyer
Party SSW Pirates
Last election 3 seats, 4.6% 6 seats, 8.2%
Seats before 3 6
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Steady Decrease6
Percentage 3.3% 1.2%
Swing Decrease1.3% Decrease7.0%
Minister-President before election

Torsten Albig
SPD

 Elected Minister-President

Daniel Günther
CDU

State elections were held in Schleswig-Holstein on 7 May 2017. All seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein were contested. Going into the election, Torsten Albig as Minister-President led a coalition consisting of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) along with the Greens and South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW).

The election resulted in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) forming a Jamaica Coalition government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens, the Cabinet Günther, and Daniel Günther was sworn in as Minister-President in June.

Opinion polls

Poll source[1] Publication date CDU SPD Greens FDP Pirates SSW The Left AfD Other
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 4 May 2017 32% 29% 12% 11% – 3% 4.5% 6% 2.5%
INSA 29 April 2017 33% 29% 12% 10% – 4% 5% 5% 2%
Infratest dimap 27 April 2017 32% 31% 12% 8.5% – 3% 4.5% 6% 3%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 27 April 2017 32% 30% 12% 9% – 3% 5% 6% 3%
Infratest dimap 20 April 2017 31% 33% 12% 9% – 3% 4% 5% 3%
Infratest dimap 6 April 2017 30% 33% 12% 9% – 3% 4% 7% 2%
Infratest dimap 16 March 2017 27% 33% 14% 9% – 3% 4% 7% 3%
Infratest dimap 9 December 2016 34% 26% 15% 9% – 3% 5% 6% 2%
INSA 19 October 2016 26% 31% 13% 12% 1% 4% 4% 6% 3%
Forsa 16 April 2016 28% 28% 16% 9% 1% 4% 3% 9% 2%
Infratest dimap 31 October 2014 34% 29% 15% 3% 2% 3% 5% 7% 2%
Infratest dimap 7 May 2012 34% 31% 15% 6% 3% 4% 3% – 4%
2012 election result 6 May 2012 30.8% 30.4% 13.2% 8.2% 8.2% 4.6% 2.3% n.k. 2.3%

Results


< 2012    

 Summary of the 7 May 2017 Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein elections results[2]
Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Christian Democratic Union
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands - CDU||470,312		32.0Increase1.225Increase3
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands - SPD||400,635		27.2Decrease3.221Decrease1
Alliance '90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen||189,728		12.9Decrease0.310Steady
Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei – FDP||168,521		11.5Increase3.29Increase3
Alternative for Germany
Alternative für Deutschland – AfD||86,275		5.9Increase5.95Increase5
The Left
Die Linke||55,833		3.8Increase1.5––
South Schleswig Voter Federation
Südschleswigscher Wählerverband – SSW||48,941		3.3Decrease1.33Decrease3
Pirate Party Germany
Piraten Partei Deutschlands||17,053		1.2Decrease7.00Decrease6
Other parties33,2502.2Decrease0.200
Valid votes 1,464,868 63.3 Increase4.0
Invalid votes 13,905 0.9 0
Totals and voter turnout 1,484,453 64.2 Increase4.1 73 Increase4
Electorate 2,310,841 100.00 —

References

  1. ↑ "Sonntagsfrage – Schleswig-Holstein (Wahlumfrage, Wahlumfragen)". Wahlrecht.de. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Landtagswahl in Schleswig-Holstein am 7. Mai 2017" (in German). Statistical Office for Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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