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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), the first of its kind in Germany on the state level, and SPD leader Harald Ringstorff was elected Minister-President.

Parties

The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Opinion polling

Election result

|- | colspan=8 | |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 371,885 | align=right| 34.3 | align=right| 4.8 | align=right| 27 | align=right| 4 | align=right| 38.0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 327,948 | align=right| 30.2 | align=right| 7.5 | align=right| 24 | align=right| 6 | align=right| 33.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 264,299 | align=right| 24.4 | align=right| 1.7 | align=right| 20 | align=right| 2 | align=right| 28.2 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | German People's Union (DVU) | align=right| 31,194 | align=right| 2.9 | align=right| 2.9 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 29,240 | align=right| 2.7 | align=right| 1.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 17,062 | align=right| 1.6 | align=right| 2.2 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | | align=left | Pro DM | align=right| 15,619 | align=right| 1.4 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) | align=right| 11,531 | align=right| 1.1 | align=right| 1.0 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 5,809 | align=right| 1.5 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,084,511 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 71 ! align=right| 5 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 79.4 ! align=right| 6.5 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|

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