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2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election

{{Short description|German state election}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election

| country = Schleswig-Holstein

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election

| previous_year = 1996

| next_election = 2005 Schleswig-Holstein state election

| next_year = 2005

| seats_for_election = All 89 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein

| majority_seats = 45

| election_date = 27 February 2000

| turnout = 1,464,096 (69.5%)
{{decrease}} 2.3%

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Heide Simonis

| party1 = Social Democratic Party of Germany

| last_election1 = 33 seats, 39.8%

| seats1 = 41

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 8

| popular_vote1 = 630,728

| percentage1 = 43.1%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.3%

| image2 = 150x150px

| leader2 = Volker Rühe

| party2 = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

| last_election2 = 30 seats, 37.2%

| seats2 = 33

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 3

| popular_vote2 = 515,421

| percentage2 = 35.2%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 2.0%

| image3 =

| leader3 =

| party3 = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

| last_election3 = {{nowrap|4 seats, 5.7%}}

| seats3 = 7

| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 3

| popular_vote3 = 111,649

| percentage3 = 7.6%

| swing3 = {{increase}} 1.9%

| image4 =

| leader4 =

| party4 = Alliance 90/The Greens

| last_election4 = 6 seats, 8.1%

| seats4 = 5

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote4 = 91,389

| percentage4 = 6.2%

| swing4 = {{decrease}} 1.9%

| image5 =

| leader5 =

| party5 = South Schleswig Voter Federation

| last_election5 = 2 seats, 2.5%

| seats5 = 3

| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 1

| popular_vote5 = 60,367

| percentage5 = 4.1%

| swing5 = {{increase}} 1.6%

| map_image = 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election.svg

| map_size = 350px

| map_caption = Results for the single-member constituencies

| title = Minister-President

| before_election = Heide Simonis

| before_party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

| after_election = Heide Simonis

| after_party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

}}

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={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}} |

| align=center| SPD

| Social Democratic Party of Germany
{{small|Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands}}

| Social democracy

| Heide Simonis

| align=center| 39.8%

| {{Composition bar|33|75|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}} |

| align=center| CDU

| Christian Democratic Union of Germany
{{small|Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands}}

| Christian democracy

| Volker Rühe

| align=center| 37.2%

| {{Composition bar|30|75|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}} |

| align=center| Grüne

| Alliance 90/The Greens
{{small|Bündnis 90/Die Grünen}}

| Green politics

|

| align=center| 8.1%

| {{Composition bar|6|75|{{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}} |

| align=center| FDP

| Free Democratic Party
{{small|Freie Demokratische Partei}}

| Classical liberalism

|

| align=center| 5.7%

| {{Composition bar|4|75|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}} |

| align=center| SSW

| South Schleswig Voters' Association
{{small|Südschleswigscher Wählerverband}}

| Danish and Frisian minority interests

|

| align=center| 2.5%

| {{Composition bar|2|75|{{party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}}}}

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:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};"|

! style="background:{{party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}};"|

style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| [http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm 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:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 7.9

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Forsa]

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

| ?

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

| 36

| 5

| 6

| 4

| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 8

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest Burke]

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

| ?

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

| ?

| 4

| ?

| 4

| ?

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| ?

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Forsa]

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

| 1,000

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

| 37

| 5

| 6

| 3

| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest dimap]

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

| 1,000

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

| 33

| 4.5

| 9.5

| 4

| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 12

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Forschungsgruppe Wahlen]

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

| 1,003

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

| 34

| 8

| 8

| 4

| 2

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Forsa]

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

| 1,000

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

| 40

| 4

| 6

| 3

| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 2

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest dimap]

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

| 1,000

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

| 34

| 5

| 8

| 4

| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 11

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest Burke]

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

| ?

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

| 37

| 5

| 6

| 3

| 5

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 7

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Forsa]

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

| 1,008

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

| 39

| 5

| 6

| 3

| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 4

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest dimap]

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

| 1,001

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

| 35

| 5

| 7

| –

| 8

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Forsa]

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

| 1,000

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

| 41

| 4

| 5

| 3

| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 2

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest dimap]

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

| 1,000

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

| 41

| 6

| 6

| 2

| 3

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest Burke]

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

| ~1,000

| 40

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

| ?

| ?

| –

| ?

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest dimap]

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

| 1,000

| 41

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

| 5

| 5

| 3

| 4

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest Burke]

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

| ?

| 37

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

| 5

| 4

| –

| 7

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest Burke]

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

| 508

| 42

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

| 4

| 4

| –

| ?

| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 3

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest Burke]

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

| ?

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

| 41

| 5

| 4

| –

| 8

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 1

[http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm Infratest Burke]

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

| ?

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

| 36

| 5

| 5

| –

| 8

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 10

style="background:#E9E9E9;"

| [http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/landtage/schleswig-holstein.htm 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:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};color:#FFFFFF;"| 2.6

Election result

{{election table|title=Summary of the 27 February 2000 election results for the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein}}

|-

| colspan=8| File:2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg

|-

! colspan="2" | Party

! Votes

! %

! +/-

! Seats

! +/-

! Seats %

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)

| align=right| 630,827

| align=right| 43.1

| align=right| {{increase}}3.3

| align=right| 41

| align=right| {{increase}}8

| align=right| 46.1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

| align=right| 515,521

| align=right| 35.2

| align=right| {{decrease}}2.0

| align=right| 33

| align=right| {{increase}}3

| align=right| 37.1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|

| align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)

| align=right| 111,649

| align=right| 7.6

| align=right| {{increase}}1.9

| align=right| 7

| align=right| {{increase}}3

| align=right| 7.9

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|

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

| align=right| 91,389

| align=right| 6.2

| align=right| {{decrease}}1.9

| align=right| 5

| align=right| {{decrease}}1

| align=right| 5.6

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}}|

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

| align=right| 60,367

| align=right| 4.1

| align=right| {{increase}}1.6

| align=right| 3

| align=right| {{increase}}1

| align=right| 3.4

|-

! colspan=8|

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}|

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

| align=right| 20,066

| align=right| 1.4

| align=right| {{increase}}1.4

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|National Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)

| align=right| 15,121

| align=right| 1.0

| align=right| {{increase}}1.0

| align=right| 0

| align=right| ±0

| align=right| 0

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Other}}|

| 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| {{increase}}14

! align=right|

|-

! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout

! align=right|

! align=right| 69.5

! align=right| {{decrease}}2.3

! align=right|

! align=right|

! align=right|

|}

{{bar box

| title=Popular Vote

| titlebar=#ddd

| width=600px

| barwidth=410px

| bars=

{{bar percent|SPD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|43.08}}

{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|35.20}}

{{bar percent|FDP|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|7.63}}

{{bar percent|B'90/GRÜNE|{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}}|6.24}}

{{bar percent|SSW|{{party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}}|4.12}}

{{bar percent|Other|#777777|3.73}}

}}

{{bar box

| title=Landtag seats

| titlebar=#ddd

| width=600px

| barwidth=410px

| bars=

{{bar percent|SPD|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|46.07}}

{{bar percent|CDU|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|37.08}}

{{bar percent|FDP|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|7.87}}

{{bar percent|B'90/GRÜNE|{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}}|5.62}}

{{bar percent|SSW|{{party color|South Schleswig Voters' Association}}|3.37}}

}}

Sources

  • [http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/e/index_e.htm The Federal Returning Officer]

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