2002 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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2002 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
← 1998 22 September 2002 2006 →
All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout970,031 (70.6%)
Decrease 8.6%
  First party Second party Third party
  Harald Ringstorff Jun07.jpg Eckhardt Rehberg 2017 by Andre Illing.jpg Angelika Gramkow reduced shadow.jpg
Leader Harald Ringstorff Eckhardt Rehberg Angelika Gramkow
Party SPD CDU PDS
Last election 27 seats, 34.3% 24 seats, 30.2% 20 seats, 24.4%
Seats won 33 25 13
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 1 Decrease 7
Popular vote 394,118 304,125 159,065
Percentage 40.6% 31.4% 16.4%
Swing Increase 6.3% Increase 1.2% Decrease 8.0%
Minister-President before election

Harald Ringstorff
SPD

Elected Minister-President

Harald Ringstorff
SPD

The 2002 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 22 September 2002 to elect the members of the 4th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was held on the same day as the 2002 federal election. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) led by Minister-President Harald Ringstorff retained its majority and continued in office.

Campaign and issues[]

The election was the first time that a "red-red" SPD–PDS government faced an election. It was held at the same day as the 2002 federal election, and the campaigns of the state parties were highly influenced by the issues in the federal politics.

Parties[]

The table below lists parties represented in the 3rd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Name Ideology Leader(s) 1998 result
Votes (%) Seats
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands 		Social democracy Harald Ringstorff 34.3%
27 / 71
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands 		Christian democracy Eckhardt Rehberg 30.2%
24 / 71
PDS Party of Democratic Socialism
Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus 		Democratic socialism Angelika Gramkow 24.4%
20 / 71

Opinion polling[]

Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size 		SPD CDU PDS Grüne FDP Others Lead
2002 state election 22 Sep 2002 – 40.6 31.4 16.4 2.6 3.7 4.3 9.2
Emnid 16 Sep 2002 ? 37 33 19 3 3 5 4
Infratest dimap 12 Sep 2002 1,000 40 33 17 2 4 4 7
Emnid 9 Sep 2002 ? 37 34 18 3 4 4 3
Infratest dimap 4 Sep 2002 ? 37 35 18.5 2 4.5 3 2
Emnid 2 Sep 2002 750 37 36 17 3 3 4 1
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen 1 Sep 2002 1,000 38 33 18 4 4 3 5
Infratest dimap 28 Aug 2002 1,000 36 33 20 2 4 5 3
Emnid 26 Aug 2002 ? 35 38 15 3 4 5 3
Emnid 19 Aug 2002 ? 32 38 18 3 5 4 6
Emnid 12 Aug 2002 ? 33 39 18 3 5 2 6
Emnid 2 Aug 2002 750 32 39 19 3 5 2 7
Infratest dimap 3 Jul 2002 ? 35 36 20 1 5 3 1
Emnid 22 Jun 2002 ? 30 38 18 3 7 4 8
Emnid 23 May 2002 ? 30 41 19 1 4 5 11
Emnid 29 Jan 2002 ? 32 39 17 1 3 8 7
Infratest dimap 24 Jan 2002 ? 29 37 23 2 3 6 8
Emnid 3 Nov 2001 ? 32 32 24 3 4 5 Tie
Emnid 16 May 2001 ? 32 35 21 3 5 4 3
Infratest dimap 18–24 Sep 2000 1,000 32 36 24 – – ? 4
Emnid 13–18 Sep 1999 750 26 42 24 – – ? 16
Infratest dimap 11–21 Feb 1999 912 38 37 17 – – 8 1
1998 state election 27 Sep 1998 – 34.3 30.2 24.4 2.7 1.6 6.8 4.1

Election result[]

Summary of the 22 September 2002 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Party Votes % +/- Seats +/- Seats %
Social Democratic Party (SPD) 394,118 40.6 Increase6.3 33 Increase6 46.5
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 304,125 31.4 Increase1.2 25 Increase1 35.2
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) 159,065 16.4 Decrease8.0 13 Decrease7 18.3
Free Democratic Party (FDP) 45,676 4.7 Increase3.1 0 ±0 0
Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) 25,402 2.6 Decrease0.1 0 ±0 0
Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (Schill party) 16,483 1.7 New 0 New 0
Others 25,162 2.6 0 ±0 0
Total 970,031 100.0 71 ±0
Voter turnout 70.6 Decrease8.6
Popular Vote
SPD
 
 40.63%
CDU
 
 31.35%
PDS
 
 16.40%
FDP
 
 4.71%
GRÜNE
 
 2.62%
Other
 
 4.29%
Bürgerschaft seats
SPD
 
 46.48%
CDU
 
 35.21%
PDS
 
 18.31%

Sources[]

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