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1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
← 1994 27 September 1998 2002 →
All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,084,611 (79.4%)
Increase 6.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Harald Ringstorff Berndt Seite Helmut Holter
Party SPD CDU PDS
Last election 23 seats, 29.5% 30 seats, 37.7% 18 seats, 22.7%
Seats won 27 24 20
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 6 Increase 2
Popular vote 371,885 327,948 264,299
Percentage 34.3% 30.2% 24.4%
Swing Increase 4.8% Decrease 7.5% Increase 1.7%
Minister-President before election

Berndt Seite
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Harald Ringstorff
SPD

The 1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 27 September 1998 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The incumbent government was a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Berndt Seite. The SPD overtook the CDU as the largest party and chose not to continue the grand coalition. They subsequently formed a coalition with the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), and SPD leader Harald Ringstorff was elected Minister-President.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1994 result
Votes (%) Seats
bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color | CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Berndt Seite 37.7%
30 / 71
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color | SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Harald Ringstorff 29.5%
23 / 71
bgcolor=Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color | PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus 		Democratic socialism Helmut Holter 22.7%
18 / 71

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		CDU SPD PDS FDP Grüne Others Lead
style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color;"| style="background:Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color;"|
1998 state election 27 Sep 1998 – 30.2 34.3 24.4 1.6 2.7 6.9 style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4.1
Infratest dimap 7–13 Sep 1998 1,000 30 38 22 2 3 5 style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8
Infratest dimap 26 Aug 1998 ? 28 41 20 2 4 5 style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13
Emnid 8 Aug 1998 ? 28 39 20 2 4 8 style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11
Infratest dimap 21 Jul 1998 ? 26 39 23 2 4 6 style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 13
Infratest dimap 9 Feb–29 Mar 1998 904 28 43 19 2 5 3 style="background:Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 15
1994 state election 16 Oct 1994 – 37.7 29.5 22.7 3.8 3.7 2.6 style="background:Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8.2

Election result

Summary of the 27 September 1998 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color| Social Democratic Party (SPD) 371,885 34.3 Increase4.8 27 Increase4 38.0
bgcolor=Template:Christian Democratic Union of Germany/meta/color| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 327,948 30.2 Decrease7.5 24 Decrease6 33.8
bgcolor=Template:The Left (Germany)/meta/color| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 264,299 24.4 Increase1.7 20 Increase2 28.2
bgcolor=Template:German People's Union/meta/color| German People's Union (DVU) 31,194 2.9 Increase2.9 0 ±0 0
bgcolor=Template:Alliance 90/The Greens/meta/color| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 29,240 2.7 Decrease1.0 0 ±0 0
bgcolor=Template:Free Democratic Party (Germany)/meta/color| Free Democratic Party (FDP) 17,062 1.6 Decrease2.2 0 ±0 0
Pro DM 15,619 1.4 New 0 New 0
bgcolor=Template:National Democratic Party of Germany/meta/color| National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) 11,531 1.1 Increase1.0 0 ±0 0
bgcolor=Template:Other/meta/color| Others 5,809 1.5 0 ±0 0
Total 1,084,511 100.0 71 Increase5
Voter turnout 79.4 Increase6.5
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 34.29%
CDU
 
 30.24%
PDS
 
 24.37%
DVU
 
 2.88%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 2.70%
FDP
 
 1.57%
Other
 
 3.96%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
 
 38.03%
CDU
 
 33.80%
PDS
 
 28.17%

Sources

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