2002 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
Template:Infobox election 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 | |||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Template:Small |
Social democracy | Harald Ringstorff | 34.3% | Template:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Template:Small |
Christian democracy | Eckhardt Rehberg | 30.2% | Template:Composition bar |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color | | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism Template:Small |
Democratic socialism | Angelika Gramkow | 24.4% | Template:Composition bar |
Opinion polling
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size |
SPD | CDU | PDS | Grüne | FDP | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | style="background:Template:Party color;"| | |||||
| 2002 state election | 22 Sep 2002 | – | Template:Party shading/SPD| 40.6 | 31.4 | 16.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 9.2 |
| Emnid | 16 Sep 2002 | ? | Template:Party shading/SPD| 37 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4 |
| Infratest dimap | 12 Sep 2002 | 1,000 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 40 | 33 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7 |
| Emnid | 9 Sep 2002 | ? | Template:Party shading/SPD| 37 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3 |
| Infratest dimap | 4 Sep 2002 | ? | Template:Party shading/SPD| 37 | 35 | 18.5 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 2 |
| Emnid | 2 Sep 2002 | 750 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 37 | 36 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | 1 Sep 2002 | 1,000 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 38 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 5 |
| Infratest dimap | 28 Aug 2002 | 1,000 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 36 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3 |
| Emnid | 26 Aug 2002 | ? | 35 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 38 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3 |
| Emnid | 19 Aug 2002 | ? | 32 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 38 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 6 |
| Emnid | 12 Aug 2002 | ? | 33 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 39 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 6 |
| Emnid | 2 Aug 2002 | 750 | 32 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 39 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7 |
| Infratest dimap | 3 Jul 2002 | ? | 35 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 36 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 3 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |
| Emnid | 22 Jun 2002 | ? | 30 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 38 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8 |
| Emnid | 23 May 2002 | ? | 30 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 41 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 11 |
| Emnid | 29 Jan 2002 | ? | 32 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 39 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 7 |
| Infratest dimap | 24 Jan 2002 | ? | 29 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 37 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 6 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 8 |
| Emnid | 3 Nov 2001 | ? | Template:Party shading/SPD| 32 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 32 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Tie |
| Emnid | 16 May 2001 | ? | 32 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 35 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 3 |
| Infratest dimap | 18–24 Sep 2000 | 1,000 | 32 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 36 | 24 | – | – | ? | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4 |
| Emnid | 13–18 Sep 1999 | 750 | 26 | Template:Party shading/CDU| 42 | 24 | – | – | ? | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 16 |
| Infratest dimap | 11–21 Feb 1999 | 912 | Template:Party shading/SPD| 38 | 37 | 17 | – | – | 8 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 1 |
| 1998 state election | 27 Sep 1998 | – | Template:Party shading/SPD| 34.3 | 30.2 | 24.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 6.8 | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;"| 4.1 |
Election result
Template:Election table |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=right| 394,118 | align=right| 40.6 | align=right| Template:Increase6.3 | align=right| 33 | align=right| Template:Increase6 | align=right| 46.5 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=right| 304,125 | align=right| 31.4 | align=right| Template:Increase1.2 | align=right| 25 | align=right| Template:Increase1 | align=right| 35.2 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | align=right| 159,065 | align=right| 16.4 | align=right| Template:Decrease8.0 | align=right| 13 | align=right| Template:Decrease7 | align=right| 18.3 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=right| 45,676 | align=right| 4.7 | align=right| Template:Increase3.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | align=right| 25,402 | align=right| 2.6 | align=right| Template:Decrease0.1 | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=#63B8FF| | align=left | Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (Schill party) | align=right| 16,483 | align=right| 1.7 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 | align=right| New | align=right| 0 |- | bgcolor=Template:Party color| | align=left | Others | align=right| 25,162 | align=right| 2.6 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 970,031 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 71 ! align=right| ±0 ! align=right| |- ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 70.6 ! align=right| Template:Decrease8.6 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |} Template:Bar box Template:Bar box