Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2002

Seat results -- SPD in red, PDS in purple, CDU in black

The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2002, was conducted on September 22, 2002, to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Issues and Campaign

The election was the first time, that an SPD-PDS-coalition ("red-red") had to stand a test at the polls. It was held at the same day as the Bundestag election 2002 and the campaigns of the state parties were highly influenced by the issues of the federal politics.

Results

The coalition in total kept its votes and its seats, while the PDS lost votes and seats for the benefit of the SPD.

Party	Party List votes	Vote percentage	Total Seats	Seat percentage
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	394,118	40.6%	33	46.5%
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	304,125	31.4%	25	35.2%
Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)	159,065	16.4%	13	18.3%
Alliance '90/The Greens	25,402	2.6%	0	0.0%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	45,676	4.7%	0	0.0%
Law and Order Offensive Party	16,483	1.7%	0	0.0%
All Others	25,162	2.6%	0	0.0%
Totals	970,031	100.0%	71	100.0%

Post-election

Harald Ringstorff remained Prime Minister, in an SPD-PDS coalition.

Sources

• The Federal Returning Officer