1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
The 1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 27 September 1998 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The incumbent government was a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Berndt Seite. The SPD overtook the CDU as the largest party and chose not to continue the grand coalition. They subsequently formed a coalition with the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), and SPD leader Harald Ringstorff was elected Minister-President.
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All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 36 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 1,084,611 (79.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1994 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands |
Christian democracy | Berndt Seite | 37.7% | 30 / 71 | |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands |
Social democracy | Harald Ringstorff | 29.5% | 23 / 71 | |
PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus |
Democratic socialism | Helmut Holter | 22.7% | 18 / 71 |
Opinion polling
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
CDU | SPD | PDS | FDP | Grüne | Others | Lead |
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1998 state election | 27 Sep 1998 | – | 30.2 | 34.3 | 24.4 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 4.1 |
Infratest dimap | 7–13 Sep 1998 | 1,000 | 30 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Infratest dimap | 26 Aug 1998 | ? | 28 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Emnid | 8 Aug 1998 | ? | 28 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
Infratest dimap | 21 Jul 1998 | ? | 26 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
Infratest dimap | 9 Feb–29 Mar 1998 | 904 | 28 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
1994 state election | 16 Oct 1994 | – | 37.7 | 29.5 | 22.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 8.2 |
Election result
Summary of the 27 September 1998 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 371,885 | 34.3 | 27 | 38.0 | |||
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 327,948 | 30.2 | 24 | 33.8 | |||
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 264,299 | 24.4 | 20 | 28.2 | |||
German People's Union (DVU) | 31,194 | 2.9 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 29,240 | 2.7 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 17,062 | 1.6 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Pro DM | 15,619 | 1.4 | New | 0 | New | 0 | |
National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) | 11,531 | 1.1 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Others | 5,809 | 1.5 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1,084,511 | 100.0 | 71 | ||||
Voter turnout | 79.4 |
Sources
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