1992 Schleswig-Holstein state election

The 1992 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 5 April 1992 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Björn Engholm narrowly retained its majority by a margin of one seat. The major change of the election was the entry of the national conservative German People's Union to the Landtag. The Free Democratic Party also re-entered the Landtag, while The Greens failed to surpass the threshold by a margin of 0.03%.

1992 Schleswig-Holstein state election

5 April 1992
All 89 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,487,909 (71.7%) 5.7%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Björn Engholm Ottfried Hennig Party SPD CDU DVU Last election 46 seats, 54.8% 27 seats, 33.3% Did not run Seats won 45 32 6 Seat change 1 5 6 Popular vote 687,427 503,510 93,295 Percentage 46.2% 33.8% 6.3% Swing 8.6% 0.5% 6.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party FDP Green SSW Last election 0 seats, 4.4% 0 seats, 2.9% 1 seat, 1.7% Seats won 5 0 1 Seat change 5 0 0 Popular vote 86,227 71,014 28,245 Percentage 5.6% 5.0% 1.9% Swing 1.2% 2.1% 0.2%
Minister-President before election Björn Engholm SPD Elected Minister-President Björn Engholm SPD

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.

Name			Ideology	Leader(s)	1988 result
					Votes (%)	Seats
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands	Social democracy	Björn Engholm	54.8%	46 / 74
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands	Christian democracy	Ottfried Hennig	33.3%	27 / 74
	SSW	South Schleswig Voters' Association Südschleswigscher Wählerverband	Danish and Frisian minority interests		1.7%	1 / 74

Election result

Summary of the 5 April 1992 election results for the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	687,427	46.2	8.6	45	1	50.6
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	503,510	33.8	0.5	32	5	36.0
	German People's Union (DVU)	93,295	6.3	6.4	6	6	6.7
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	82,963	5.6	1.2	5	5	5.6
	South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW)	28,245	1.9	0.2	1	±0	1.1
	Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)	74,014	5.0	2.9	0	±0	0
	The Republicans (REP)	18,225	1.2	0.6	0	±0	0
	Others	230	0.0		0	±0	0
Total		1,487,909	100.0		89	15
Voter turnout			71.7	5.7

Popular Vote SPD   46.20% CDU   33.84% DVU   6.27% FDP   5.58% B'90/GRÜNE   4.97% SSW   1.90% Other   1.24%

Landtag seats SPD   50.56% CDU   35.96% DVU   6.74% FDP   5.62% SSW   1.12%

Sources

• Wahlen in Schleswig-Holstein seit 1947