2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election

2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election

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All 69 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein 35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	1,328,452 (60.2%) 13.4%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jost de Jager Torsten Albig Robert Habeck Party CDU SPD Greens Last election 34 seats, 31.5% 25 seats, 25.4% 12 seats, 12.4% Seats won 22 22 10 Seat change 12 3 2 Popular vote 408,637 404,048 174,953 Percentage 30.8% 30.4% 13.2% Swing 0.7% 5.0% 0.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Wolfgang Kubicki Torge Schmidt Anke Spoorendonk Party FDP Pirates SSW Last election 14 seats, 14.9% 0 seats, 1.8% 4 seats, 4.3% Seats won 6 6 3 Seat change 8 6 1 Popular vote 108,953 108,902 61,025 Percentage 8.2% 8.2% 4.6% Swing 6.7% 6.4% 0.3%
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election Peter Harry Carstensen CDU Elected Minister-President Torsten Albig SPD

The 2012 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 6 May 2012 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.^[1][2] The incumbent coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union and Free Democratic Party (FDP) was defeated.^[3] Though the CDU remained the largest party, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) negotiated a coalition with The Greens and the South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW). This was dubbed the "Danish traffic light" or "Namibia coalition". SPD leader Torsten Albig was subsequently elected Minister-President by the Landtag.