2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	818,061 (59.2%) 11.4%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Harald Ringstorff Jürgen Seidel Wolfgang Methling Party SPD CDU PDS Last election 33 seats, 40.6% 25 seats, 31.4% 13 seats, 16.4% Seats won 23 22 13 Seat change 10 3 0 Popular vote 247,312 235,350 137,253 Percentage 30.2% 28.8% 16.8% Swing 10.4% 2.6% 0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Michael Roolf Udo Pastörs Party FDP NPD Last election 0 seats, 4.7% 0 seats, 0.8% Seats won 7 6 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote 78,440 59,845 Percentage 9.6% 7.3% Swing 4.9% 6.5%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election Harald Ringstorff SPD Elected Minister-President Harald Ringstorff SPD

The 2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 17 September 2006 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) led by Minister-President Harald Ringstorff was returned with a reduced majority. However, the SPD chose not to continue the coalition. They instead formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Ringstorff was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.

The Far Right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) won 6 seats.