2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election

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 Lars Harms
Party FDP AfD SSW
Last election 6 seats, 8.2% Did not exist 3 seats, 4.6%
Seats won 9 5 3
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 5 Steady 0
Popular vote 169,037 86,711 48,968
Percentage 11.5% 5.9% 3.3%
Swing Increase 3.3% New party Decrease 1.3%

  Seventh party
 
Leader Patrick Breyer
Party Pirates
Last election 6 seats, 8.2%
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 6
Popular vote 17,091
Percentage 1.2%
Swing Decrease 7.0%

Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

Albig cabinet
SPDGreenSSW

Government after election

Günther cabinet
CDUGreenFDP

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.

  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.