State election in Schleswig-Holstein in 1987
- SPD : 36
- Week of pregnancy : 1
- FDP : 4
- CDU : 33
The 11th state parliament election in Schleswig-Holstein took place on September 13, 1987 parallel to the Bremen state election . As in the 1983 election , Prime Minister Uwe Barschel was the CDU's top candidate, and Björn Engholm was again parliamentary group leader and opposition leader in the SPD .
Previous state election
In the state elections on March 13, 1983 , only the CDU , SPD and the SSW , who had been exempt from the five percent hurdle , made the leap into the state parliament with member Karl Otto Meyer . While the CDU, under Uwe Barschel's first top candidacy, was able to defend its absolute majority of mandates with 49 percent of the vote, which had existed since 1971 , the SPD failed to change power with 43.7 percent of the votes, despite an increase in votes.
The FDP and the Greens were not represented in the state parliament with 2.2 and 3.6 percent of the vote, respectively.
On February 24, 1983, an extension of the electoral term by half a year was inserted into the state constitution, so that the electoral term lasted from April 12, 1983 to October 2, 1987.
Election campaign
According to election observers, the election campaign was considered to be quite emotional.
On the one hand, the CDU feared having to give up power after 37 years. On the other hand, the argument between Barschel and Engholm, both of whom were considered popular, was watched with interest.
An article in the news magazine Der Spiegel on September 14, 1987 dealt with the Prime Minister's election campaign. This started the Barschel affair . On September 12, the day before the election, Der Spiegel made the allegations against Barschel public.
Election result
- Eligible voters: 2,035,382
- Voters: 1,559,330 (turnout: 76.61%)
- Valid votes: 1,550,036
| Political party | be right | Share in% |
Direct MAN date |
Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 701.124 | 45.23 | 28 | 36 |
| CDU | 660.484 | 42.61 | 16 | 33 |
| FDP | 81.113 | 5.23 | 4th | |
| GREEN | 60,408 | 3.90 | ||
| SSW | 23,316 | 1.50 | 1 | |
| UWSH | 20,628 | 1.33 | ||
| DKP | 2,338 | 0.15 | ||
| ÖDP | 556 | 0.03 | ||
| FSU | 39 | 0.00 | ||
| Individual applicants | 30th | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 1,550,036 | 44 | 74 |
The CDU lost its absolute majority, while the SPD became the strongest force in the state parliament for the first time since 1958. The FDP moved into the state parliament, but the Greens did not.
The election result resulted in a stalemate: together with the FDP (4 seats), which had returned to the state parliament , the CDU held 37 of the 74 state parliament seats. In contrast, there were 36 MPs from the SPD and the SSW MP Meyer.
The formation of a government was made more difficult by the affair of Prime Minister Uwe Barschel, who resigned on October 2, 1987 and died in Geneva on the night of October 10 to 11, 1987 under circumstances that have not yet been clarified .
Due to the Barschel affair, Meyer refused to vote for a CDU candidate, thus clearing the way for new elections, which were then held on May 8, 1988. Until then, Interior Minister Henning Schwarz was responsible for the Prime Minister's office in an executive state government .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eligible voters, voters and distribution of votes in% (PDF). Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.
- ↑ State statutes for Schleswig-Holstein of December 13, 1949.
- ↑ Waterkantgate: "Get me a bug" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 38 , 1987 ( online ).
