PolitPro

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options

Election Winner
SPD
30.6 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
4
-1 compared to 2011
Voter Turnout
61.9 %
+10.4 percentage points compared to 2011
Advertisement Prefer ad-free? Get PolitPro+ now

Final Official Results of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Election

The bars show each party's vote share, the chips the swing since the previous election. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Election Results, held on September 4, 2016

SPD
30.6
-5.0
AfD
20.8
+20.8
CDU
19.0
-4.0
Linke
13.2
-5.2
Grüne
4.8
-3.9
FDP
3.0
+0.2
Heimat
3.0
-3.0
Tier
1.2
+1.2
Horizont
0.8
+0.8
FAMILIE
0.8
-0.7
PARTEI
0.6
+0.4
FW
0.6
-0.5
Achtsame
0.5
+0.5
Piraten
0.5
-1.4
ALFA
0.3
+0.3
DKP
0.2
+0.2
Bünd. C
0.1
+0.1
Government could remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 59.2% of the seats.

Seat Distribution After the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Election

Advertisement Prefer ad-free? Get PolitPro+ now

Who governed Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after the election

Election Day 09/04/2016 Government formation 58 days Sellering III 11/01/2016 – 07/04/2017 Schwesig I 07/04/2017 – 11/15/2021

Sellering III

 November 1, 2016 – July 4, 2017 · 8 months 3 days
42 of 71 seats

Schwesig I

 July 4, 2017 – November 15, 2021 · 4 years 4 months
42 of 71 seats
Advertisement Prefer ad-free? Get PolitPro+ now

Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Left SPD 30.6 % -5.0 26 -1
Right AfD 20.8 % +20.8 18 +18
Centre-Right CDU 19.0 % -4.0 16 -2
Left Die Linke 13.2 % -5.2 11 -3
Environment & Climate Grüne 4.8 % -3.9 0 -7
Liberal FDP 3.0 % +0.2 0 ±0
Far-Right Die Heimat 3.0 % -3.0 0 -5
Animal Welfare Tierschutzpartei 1.2 % +1.2 0 ±0
Regional Freier Horizont 0.8 % +0.8 0 ±0
Centre-Right FAMILIE 0.8 % -0.7 0 ±0
Satire Die PARTEI 0.6 % +0.4 0 ±0
Centre-Right Freie Wähler 0.6 % -0.5 0 ±0
Center Achtsame Demokraten 0.5 % +0.5 0 ±0
Centre-Left Piratenpartei 0.5 % -1.4 0 ±0
Liberal ALFA (jetzt LKR) 0.3 % +0.3 0 ±0
Unknown Deutsche Kommunistische Partei 0.2 % +0.2 0 ±0
Unknown Bündnis C 0.1 % +0.1 0 ±0

More from PolitPro

API & Data Access Access our data programmatically – for editorial teams, think tanks, and teams that need Election Trends directly in their workflow. Research Data Use our prepared datasets for research and teaching. App & Community Discuss current polls in a growing, respectful political community.

Data & Feedback

Political data changes daily. Noticed outdated info, a number, or a date? Write to us – preferably with a source, so we can quickly verify the change.

Report Correction Feedback Survey (1 Minute)

Support PolitPro

Your support protects PolitPro from the influence of lobby groups and parties.

Data Basis & Transparency

PolitPro

PolitPro combines scientific data and current poll values to make politics tangible for everyone. We use datasets from leading research projects and supplement them with our own research, analyses, and algorithms. This way, we make complex political contexts understandable and accessible to all. Supported by AI.

Advertisement Prefer ad-free? Get PolitPro+ now