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
Turnout928,807 (70.8%) Increase 8.9pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
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2019-03-14 Nikolaus Kramer Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 6345.jpg
Portrait Michael Sack.jpg
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 Increase 8 Decrease 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 361,769 152,775 121,583
Percentage 39.6% 16.7% 13.3%
Swing Increase 9.0pp Decrease 4.1pp Decrease 5.7pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Anne Shepley MdL MV Fraktion Buendnis90-Die Grünen.png
René Domke.jpg
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 Decrease 2 Increase 5 Increase 5
Popular vote 90,881 57,554 52,963
Percentage 9.9% 6.3% 5.8%
Swing Decrease 3.2pp Increase 1.5pp Increase 2.8pp

Results for the single-member constituencies

Government before election

First Schwesig cabinet
SPDCDU

Government after election

Second Schwesig cabinet
SPDLeft

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]

  1. ^ "Landtag MV". Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Landtag.
  2. ^ "State election MV: Schwesig's SPD triumphs - CDU experiences debacle". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Schwesig is re-elected as Minister-President of MV". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 15 November 2021.