1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

The 1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 27 September 1998 to elect the members of the 3rd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The incumbent government was a grand coalition of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Minister-President Berndt Seite. The SPD overtook the CDU as the largest party and chose not to continue the grand coalition. They subsequently formed a coalition with the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), and SPD leader Harald Ringstorff was elected Minister-President.

Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Election result
! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % ! colspan=8| ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,084,511 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 71 ! align=right| 5 ! align=right| ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 79.4 ! align=right| 6.5 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
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 * align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)
 * align=right| 371,885
 * align=right| 34.3
 * align=right| 4.8
 * align=right| 27
 * align=right| 4
 * align=right| 38.0
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 * align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
 * align=right| 327,948
 * align=right| 30.2
 * align=right| 7.5
 * align=right| 24
 * align=right| 6
 * align=right| 33.8
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 * align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
 * align=right| 264,299
 * align=right| 24.4
 * align=right| 1.7
 * align=right| 20
 * align=right| 2
 * align=right| 28.2
 * align=right| 20
 * align=right| 2
 * align=right| 28.2
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 * align=left | German People's Union (DVU)
 * align=right| 31,194
 * align=right| 2.9
 * align=right| 2.9
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
 * align=right| 29,240
 * align=right| 2.7
 * align=right| 1.0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)
 * align=right| 17,062
 * align=right| 1.6
 * align=right| 2.2
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=left | Pro DM
 * align=right| 15,619
 * align=right| 1.4
 * align=right| New
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| New
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD)
 * align=right| 11,531
 * align=right| 1.1
 * align=right| 1.0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Others
 * align=right| 5,809
 * align=right| 1.5
 * align=right|
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=left | Others
 * align=right| 5,809
 * align=right| 1.5
 * align=right|
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * }