The 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 27 February 2000 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Heide Simonis retained its majority and continued in office.
Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1996 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Heide Simonis 39.8% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Volker Rühe 37.2% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics 8.1% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism 5.7% SSW South Schleswig Voters' Association Danish and Frisian minority interests 2.5%
Opinion polling Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize SPD CDU Grüne FDP SSW Others Lead 2000 state election 27 Feb 2000 – 43.1 35.2 6.2 7.6 4.1 3.7 7.9 Forsa 25 Feb 2000 ? 44 36 5 6 4 5 8 Infratest Burke 18 Feb 2000 ? 46 ? 4 ? 4 ? ? Forsa 16 Feb 2000 1,000 44 37 5 6 3 5 7 Infratest dimap 16 Feb 2000 1,000 45 33 4.5 9.5 4 4 12 Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 31 Jan–2 Feb 2000 1,003 44 34 8 8 4 2 10 Forsa 27–31 Jan 2000 1,000 42 40 4 6 3 5 2 Infratest dimap 24–30 Jan 2000 1,000 45 34 5 8 4 4 11 Infratest Burke 28 Jan 2000 ? 44 37 5 6 3 5 7 Forsa 20–24 Jan 2000 1,008 43 39 5 6 3 4 4 Infratest dimap 20 Jan 2000 1,001 45 35 5 7 – 8 10 Forsa Jan 2000 1,000 43 41 4 5 3 4 2 Infratest dimap Jan 2000 1,000 42 41 6 6 2 3 1 Infratest Burke 18 Dec 1999 ~1,000 40 43 ? ? – ? 3 Infratest dimap 3–9 Dec 1999 1,000 41 42 5 5 3 4 1 Infratest Burke 5 Nov 1999 ? 37 47 5 4 – 7 10 Infratest Burke 16 Aug–5 Sep 1999 508 42 45 4 4 – ? 3 Infratest Burke 5 Mar 1999 ? 42 41 5 4 – 8 1 Infratest Burke 14 Jan 1999 ? 46 36 5 5 – 8 10 1996 state election 24 Mar 1996 – 39.8 37.2 8.1 5.7 2.5 6.6 2.6
Election result
| colspan=8| |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 630,827 | align=right| 43.1 | align=right| 3.3 | align=right| 41 | align=right| 8 | align=right| 46.1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 515,521 | align=right| 35.2 | align=right| 2.0 | align=right| 33 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 37.1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 111,649 | align=right| 7.6 | align=right| 1.9 | align=right| 7 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 7.9 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 91,389 | align=right| 6.2 | align=right| 1.9 | align=right| 5 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 5.6 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) | align=right| 60,367 | align=right| 4.1 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| 3 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 3.4 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 20,066 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD) | align=right| 15,121 | align=right| 1.0 | align=right| 1.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 19,355 | align=right| 1.3 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,464,096 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 89 ! align=right| 14 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 69.5 ! align=right| 2.3 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
Sources The Federal Returning Officer