2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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All 79 seats in the Landtag, including 8 overhang and leveling seats 40 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	928,807 (70.8%) 8.9pp
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Manuela Schwesig Nikolaus Kramer Michael Sack Party SPD AfD CDU Last election 30.6%, 26 seats 20.8%, 18 seats 19.0%, 16 seats Seats won 34 14 12 Seat change 8 4 4 Popular vote 361,769 152,775 121,583 Percentage 39.6% 16.7% 13.3% Swing 9.0pp 4.1pp 5.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Simone Oldenburg Anne Shepley René Domke Party Left Greens FDP Last election 13.2%, 11 seats 4.8%, 0 seats 3.0%, 0 seats Seats won 9 5 5 Seat change 2 5 5 Popular vote 90,881 57,554 52,963 Percentage 9.9% 6.3% 5.8% Swing 3.2pp 1.5pp 2.8pp
Results for the single-member constituencies
Government before election First Schwesig cabinet SPD–CDU Government after election Second Schwesig cabinet SPD–Left

The 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 26 September 2021 to elect the 8th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.^[1] The incumbent government is a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister President Manuela Schwesig.

The SPD won a landslide plurality of almost 40% of votes, a nine percentage point increase from 2016. The opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) remained the second largest party but declined to under 17%. The CDU recorded its worst ever result in the state with 13.3%, while The Left also declined to 10%. Alliance 90/The Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) both won around 6% of votes and re-entered the Landtag after previously falling out in 2016 and 2011, respectively.^[2]

After the election, the SPD chose to form a coalition with The Left rather than renew their government with the CDU. Schwesig was re-elected as Minister-President on 15 November with 41 votes out of 79.^[3]