1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election
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All 75 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein 38 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 1,502,088 (71.8%)![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 24 March 1996 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD) government led by Minister-President Heide Simonis lost its majority. The SPD subsequently formed a coalition with The Greens, and Simonis continued in office.
Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1992 result | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | Heide Simonis | 46.2% | 45 / 89 | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | Ottfried Hennig | 33.8% | 32 / 89 | |
DVU | German People's Union Deutsche Volksunion | German nationalism | 6.3% | 6 / 89 | ||
FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | 5.6% | 5 / 89 | ||
SSW | South Schleswig Voters' Association Südschleswigscher Wählerverband | Danish and Frisian minority interests | 1.9% | 1 / 89 |
Election result
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Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats % | |
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Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 597,751 | 39.8 | ![]() | 33 | ![]() | 44.0 | |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 559,107 | 37.2 | ![]() | 30 | ![]() | 40.0 | |
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 121,939 | 8.1 | ![]() | 6 | ![]() | 8.0 | |
Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 86,227 | 5.7 | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 5.3 | |
South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) | 38,285 | 2.5 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 2.7 | |
German People's Union (DVU) | 64,335 | 4.3 | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 0 | |
Voters' Community of Schleswig-Holstein (WSH) | 28,206 | 1.9 | ![]() | 0 | ±0 | 0 | |
Others | 6,238 | 0.4 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1,502,088 | 100.0 | 75 | ![]() | |||
Voter turnout | 71.8 | ![]() |
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Sources
- Wahlen in Schleswig-Holstein seit 1947
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- 1959
- 1962
- 1966
- 1970
- 1974
- 1978
- 1982
- 1986
- 1990
- 1994
- 1998
- 2003
- 2008
- 2013
- 2018
- 2023
- See also
- Elections and referendums in Germany
- Elections in the Free State of Prussia