2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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All 71 seats in the Landtag 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	821,581 (61.9%) 10.4pp
First party Second party   Candidate Erwin Sellering Leif-Erik Holm Party SPD AfD Last election 35.6%, 27 seats Did not run Seats won 26 18 Seat change 1 New party Popular vote 246,395 167,852 Percentage 30.6% 20.8% Swing 5.0pp New party   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Lorenz Caffier Helmut Holter Party CDU Left Last election 23.0%, 18 seats 18.4%, 14 seats Seats won 16 11 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 153,115 106,256 Percentage 19.0% 13.2% Swing 4.0pp 5.2pp
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President and Government before election Erwin Sellering (SPD) SPD–CDU Elected Minister-President and Government Erwin Sellering (SPD) SPD–CDU

The 2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 4 September 2016 to elect the members of the 7th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.^[1] The incumbent grand coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Erwin Sellering retained its majority and continued in office.