2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election
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All 73 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
37 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,474,508 (64.2%)
Increase 4.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Daniel Günther Torsten Albig Monika Heinold
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 22 seats, 30.8% 22 seats, 30.4% 10 seats, 13.2%
Seats won 25 21 10
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1 Steady 0
Popular vote 471,460 401,806 190,181
Percentage 32.0% 27.3% 12.9%
Swing Increase 1.2% Decrease 3.1% Decrease 0.3%
  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 won 9 5 0
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 5 Steady 0
Popular vote 169,037 86,711 56,018
Percentage 11.5% 5.9% 3.8%
Swing Increase 3.3% New party Increase 1.5%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Lars Harms Patrick Breyer
Party SSW Pirates
Last election 3 seats, 4.6% 6 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 6
Popular vote 48,968 17,091
Percentage 3.3% 1.2%
Swing Decrease 1.3% Decrease 7.0%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election

Albig cabinet
SPD–Green–SSW

Government after election

Günther cabinet
CDU–Green–FDP

The 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 7 May 2017 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent government was led by Minister-President Torsten Albig, and consisted of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), The Greens, and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). The government lost its majority in the election.

The result was a stalemate, with the incumbent left-wing government parties (SPD, Greens and SSW) being three seats short of a majority, and CDU and its usual coalition partner FDP also coming up three seats short due to the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) entering the Landtag. With no party willing to go into coalition with them, it necessitated cross-aisle cooperation.

FDP leader Wolfgang Kubicki ruled out a traffic light coalition (SPD-Greens-FDP),[1] whilst CDU leader Daniel Günther ruled out a Grand coalition (CDU-SPD).[2] The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) subsequently formed a Jamaica coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Greens. Günther 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.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 2012 result
Votes (%) Seats
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Daniel Günther 30.8%
22 / 69
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Torsten Albig 30.4%
22 / 69
Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 		Green politics Monika Heinold 13.2%
10 / 69
FDP Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei 		Classical liberalism Wolfgang Kubicki 8.2%
6 / 69
Piraten Pirate Party Germany
Piratenpartei Deutschland 		Pirate politics Patrick Breyer 8.2%
6 / 69
SSW South Schleswig Voters' Association
Südschleswigscher Wählerverband 		Danish and Frisian minority interests Lars Harms 4.6%
3 / 69

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		CDU SPD Grüne FDP Piraten SSW Linke AfD Others Lead
2017 state election 7 May 2017 – 32.0 27.3 12.9 11.5 1.2 3.3 3.8 5.9 2.3 4.7
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 2–4 May 2017 1,814 32 29 12 11 – 3 4.5 6 2.5 3
INSA 26–28 Apr 2017 1,004 33 29 12 10 – 4 5 5 2 4
Infratest dimap 25–26 Apr 2017 1,003 32 31 12 8.5 – 3 4.5 6 3 1
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 24–26 Apr 2017 1,001 32 30 12 9 – 3 5 6 3 2
Infratest dimap 18–19 Apr 2017 1,002 31 33 12 9 – 3 4 5 3 2
Infratest dimap 30 Mar–4 Apr 2017 1,002 30 33 12 9 – 3 4 7 2 3
Infratest dimap 9–14 Mar 2017 1,000 27 33 14 9 – 3 4 7 3 6
Infratest dimap 2–6 Dec 2016 1,001 34 26 15 9 – 3 5 6 2 8
INSA 6–14 Oct 2016 1,000 26 31 13 12 1 4 4 6 3 5
Forsa 6–12 Apr 2016 1,001 28 28 16 9 1 4 3 9 2 Tie
Infratest dimap 27–29 Oct 2014 1,002 34 29 15 3 2 3 5 7 2 5
Infratest dimap 2–5 May 2013 1,003 34 31 15 6 3 4 3 – 4 3
2012 state election 6 May 2012 – 30.8 30.4 13.2 8.2 8.2 4.6 2.3 – 2.4 0.4

Election result

Summary of the 7 May 2017 election results for the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 471,460 32.0 Increase1.2 25 Increase3 34.2
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 401,806 27.3 Decrease3.1 21 Decrease1 28.8
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 190,181 12.9 Decrease0.3 10 Steady0 13.7
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 169,037 11.5 Increase3.3 9 Increase3 12.3
Alternative for Germany (AfD) 86,711 5.9 New 5 New 6.8
South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) 48,968 3.3 Decrease1.3 3 Steady0 4.1
The Left (Linke) 56,018 3.8 Increase1.5 0 ±0 0
Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) 17,091 1.2 Decrease7.0 0 Decrease6 0
Others 33,236 2.3 0 ±0 0
Total 1,474,508 100.0 73 Increase4
Voter turnout 64.2 Increase4.0
Popular Vote
CDU
 
 31.97%
SPD
 
 27.25%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 12.90%
FDP
 
 11.46%
AfD
 
 5.88%
DIE LINKE
 
 3.80%
SSW
 
 3.32%
PIRATEN
 
 1.16%
Other
 
 2.25%
Landtag seats
CDU
 
 34.35%
SPD
 
 28.77%
B'90/GRÜNE
 
 13.70%
FDP
 
 12.33%
AfD
 
 6.85%
SSW
 
 4.11%

Results by constituency

First votes ("Erststimmen") by constituency[3]

Constituency ("Wahlkreis") CDU SPD Grüne FDP AfD SSW Linke Others Lead Elected candidate
Dithmarschen-Schleswig 44.6 28.0 7.1 7.4 4.9 3.7 2.8 1.4 16.6 Andreas Hein
Dithmarschen-Süd 40.5 29.7 5.8 13.3 5.4 0.0 3.1 2.1 10.8 Volker Nielsen
Eckernförde 43.2 26.7 8.4 9.1 3.6 3.1 2.4 1.0 16.5 Daniel Günther
Elmshorn 35.6 37.6 8.5 6.9 5.8 0.0 4.0 1.5 2.0 Beate Raudies
Flensburg 26.2 31.6 12.0 7.9 0.0 12.4 6.7 2.3 5.4 Heiner Dunckel
Flensburg-Land 39.7 27.4 8.6 5.1 3.5 10.9 2.8 2.0 12.3 Petra Nicolaisen
Kiel-Nord 29.4 37.9 13.0 6.6 3.7 2.1 4.3 2.9 8.5 Torsten Albig
Kiel-Ost 27.8 40.4 9.0 6.4 0.0 4.0 6.8 5.6 12.6 Bernd Heinemann
Kiel-West 27.8 36.6 13.2 6.0 4.4 2.9 5.1 4.0 8.8 Özlem Ünsal
Lauenburg-Nord 39.5 31.3 8.4 7.7 6.5 0.0 3.0 3.6 8.2 Klaus Schlie
Lauenburg-Süd 35.6 36.0 7.8 8.1 7.7 0.0 3.4 1.4 0.4 Kathrin Wagner-Bockey
Lübeck-Ost 34.5 37.1 8.4 5.9 6.7 0.0 4.2 3.2 2.6 Thomas Rother
Lübeck-Süd 30.2 36.4 12.4 5.8 5.3 0.0 6.1 3.9 6.2 Wolfgang Baasch
Lübeck-West 29.0 38.7 8.8 6.7 7.5 0.0 5.8 3.5 9.7 Kerstin Metzner
Neumünster 36.8 34.9 8.8 6.7 7.2 0.0 3.1 2.5 1.9 Wolf Rüdiger Fehrs
Norderstedt 36.2 34.1 8.1 8.9 6.1 0.0 4.0 2.6 2.1 Katja Rathje-Hoffmann
Nordfriesland-Nord 45.3 26.1 8.7 6.4 0.0 6.8 2.4 4.3 19.2 Ingbert Liebing
Nordfriesland-Süd 41.3 31.3 7.2 6.2 0.0 8.4 3.1 2.5 10.0 Klaus-Dieter Jensen
Ostholstein-Nord 40.6 34.1 7.7 6.5 5.7 0.0 2.8 2.7 6.5 Peer Knöfler
Ostholstein-Süd 41.7 32.8 7.1 8.0 5.9 0.0 2.4 2.1 8.9 Hartmut Hamerich
Pinneberg 34.3 36.9 10.4 7.1 6.6 0.0 3.4 0.0 2.6 Kai-Oliver Vogel
Pinneberg-Elbmarschen 39.9 35.8 8.0 6.4 5.2 0.0 3.4 1.4 4.1 Barbara Ostmeier
Pinneberg-Nord 42.6 29.5 8.1 9.1 5.2 1.5 2.6 1.2 13.1 Peter Lehnert
Plön-Nord 39.9 33.9 11.2 8.9 0.0 0.0 3.4 2.7 6.0 Werner Kalinka
Plön-Ostholstein 41.5 32.2 9.6 6.9 5.1 0.0 3.0 1.7 9.3 Tim Brockmann
Rendsburg 40.0 32.2 8.2 5.3 5.0 3.9 2.9 2.4 7.8 Hans Hinrich Neve
Rendsburg-Ost 44.0 31.8 9.1 6.6 0.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 12.2 Hauke Göttsch
Schleswig 38.1 32.9 9.1 5.9 0.0 7.1 3.2 3.7 5.2 Johannes Callsen
Segeberg-Ost 43.1 30.1 8.9 6.2 5.9 0.0 2.7 3.0 13.0 Axel Bernstein
Segeberg-West 39.7 32.2 7.5 7.2 6.5 0.0 3.3 3.5 7.5 Ole-Christopher Plambeck
Steinburg-Ost 43.9 31.3 8.5 6.8 0.0 0.0 4.0 5.6 12.6 Heiner Rickers
Steinburg-West 45.8 30.3 10.4 8.4 0.0 0.0 3.8 1.2 15.5 Hans-Jörn Arp
Stormarn-Mitte 39.1 34.4 9.0 7.6 5.4 0.0 3.2 1.3 4.7 Tobias Koch
Stormarn-Nord 38.7 30.9 9.8 7.3 5.7 0.0 3.1 4.3 7.8 Claus Christian Claussen
Stormarn-Süd 41.2 34.8 7.1 6.6 6.5 0.0 2.8 1.1 6.4 Lukas Kilian
Total 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 -

Results by age group

Second votes ("Zweitstimmen") by age group[4]

Age group CDU SPD Grüne FDP AfD SSW Linke Others Lead
16-24 22 27 18 10 5 3 8 7 5
25-34 24 25 12 10 8 5 7 9 1
35-44 31 23 13 11 7 5 4 6 8
45-59 30 28 15 11 7 4 3 2 2
60-69 32 30 12 13 5 3 4 1 2
70+ 46 28 7 14 3 2 1 0 18
Total 32 27 13 12 6 3 4 3 5

References

  1. ^ Höver, Peter (2017-05-16). "Bereitschaft der FDP zu Ampelkoalition ist "vollständig erschöpft"". shz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  2. ^ "Schleswig-Holstein-Sieger schliesst grosse Koalition so gut wie aus". SWI swissinfo.ch (in German). 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
  3. ^ "Ergebnisse der Landtagswahl 2017". Welt. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Stimmenanteile nach Altersgruppen". Tagesschau.

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