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1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election

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.

Election result

|- | colspan=8| |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 597,751 | align=right| 39.8 | align=right| 6.4 | align=right| 33 | align=right| 12 | align=right| 44.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 559,107 | align=right| 37.2 | align=right| 3.4 | align=right| 30 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 40.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 121,939 | align=right| 8.1 | align=right| 3.1 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 8.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 86,227 | align=right| 5.7 | align=right| 0.1 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 5.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) | align=right| 38,285 | align=right| 2.5 | align=right| 0.6 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 1 | align=right| 2.7 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU) | align=right| 64,335 | align=right| 4.3 | align=right| 2.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 0 |- | | align=left | Voters' Community of Schleswig-Holstein (WSH) | align=right| 28,206 | align=right| 1.9 | align=right| 1.9 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 6,238 | align=right| 0.4 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,502,088 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 75 ! align=right| 14 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 71.8 ! align=right| 0.1 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|

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