2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election

2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election
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All 69 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,328,452 (60.2%)
Decrease 13.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jost de Jager Torsten Albig Robert Habeck
Party CDU SPD Greens
Last election 34 seats, 31.5% 25 seats, 25.4% 12 seats, 12.4%
Seats won 22 22 10
Seat change Decrease 12 Decrease 3 Decrease 2
Popular vote 408,637 404,048 174,953
Percentage 30.8% 30.4% 13.2%
Swing Decrease 0.7% Increase 5.0% Increase 0.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Wolfgang Kubicki Torge Schmidt Anke Spoorendonk
Party FDP Pirates SSW
Last election 14 seats, 14.9% 0 seats, 1.8% 4 seats, 4.3%
Seats won 6 6 3
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 6 Decrease 1
Popular vote 108,953 108,902 61,025
Percentage 8.2% 8.2% 4.6%
Swing Decrease 6.7% Increase 6.4% Increase 0.3%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election

Peter Harry Carstensen
CDU

Elected Minister-President

Torsten Albig
SPD

Results for the direct mandates

The 2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 6 May 2012 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.[1][2] The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union and Free Democratic Party (FDP) was defeated.[3] Though the CDU remained the largest party, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) negotiated a coalition with The Greens and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). This was dubbed the "Danish traffic light" or "Namibia coalition". SPD leader Torsten Albig was subsequently elected Minister-President by the Landtag.

  1. ^ "Schleswig-Holstein wählt im Mai 2012", Welt (in German), 15 March 2011, retrieved 12 January 2012
  2. ^ "Landtagswahl 2012". Schleswig-Holstein.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Close race in German state elections with center-right poised to lose majority". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.[dead link]