State election in Schleswig-Holstein in 1971

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(in %)
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
51.9
41.0
3.8
1.4
1.3
0.6
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1967
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+5.9
+1.6
-2.1
-0.5
-4.5
-0.4
Otherwise.
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Remarks:
d excluded from the threshold clause
   
A total of 73 seats

The 7th state election in Schleswig-Holstein took place on April 25, 1971 . For the successor to the outgoing Prime Minister Helmut Lemke (CDU), the former Federal Minister of Science , Gerhard Stoltenberg , applied for the CDU and the state and parliamentary group chairman Jochen Steffen for the SPD . Steffen ran for the office of Prime Minister for the second time and was opposition leader in the state parliament .

Previous state election

In the state elections on April 23, 1967 , the CDU and FDP formed a coalition , with the majority of which confirmed Helmut Lemke as prime minister.

The SPD under Jochen Steffen could not take over the government . The Südschleswigsche Voters' Association (SSW), which was exempt from the five percent hurdle , was represented by a member in the state parliament. The right-wing extremist NPD also made it into the state parliament with four members.

Election result

Political party be right Share
in% 		Direct
MAN
date 		Seats
CDU 737.120 51.87 35 40
SPD 582.420 40.99 9 32
FDP 54,099 3.81
SSW 19,720 1.39 1
NPD 18,822 1.32
DKP 5,278 0.37
EP 3,575 0.25
Total 1,421,034 44 73

The CDU was able to achieve an absolute majority in the state for the first time and achieved its best result to date in Schleswig-Holstein with 51.9 percent of the votes. The FDP and NPD failed to re-enter parliament , so that in addition to the CDU and SPD, only the SSW MP Karl Otto Meyer was a member of the state parliament.

Gerhard Stoltenberg was elected Prime Minister. Jochen Steffen remained opposition leader , but gradually withdrew from politics after his renewed defeat.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eligible voters, voters and distribution of votes in% (PDF). Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.