2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election

The 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 27 February 2000 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Heide Simonis retained its majority and continued in office.

Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.

Election result
! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % ! colspan=8| ! align=right colspan=2| Total ! align=right| 1,464,096 ! align=right| 100.0 ! align=right| ! align=right| 89 ! align=right| 14 ! align=right| ! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout ! align=right| ! align=right| 69.5 ! align=right| 2.3 ! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right|
 * colspan=8| 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg
 * colspan=8| 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg
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 * align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)
 * align=right| 630,827
 * align=right| 43.1
 * align=right| 3.3
 * align=right| 41
 * align=right| 8
 * align=right| 46.1
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 * align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
 * align=right| 515,521
 * align=right| 35.2
 * align=right| 2.0
 * align=right| 33
 * align=right| 3
 * align=right| 37.1
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 * align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)
 * align=right| 111,649
 * align=right| 7.6
 * align=right| 1.9
 * align=right| 7
 * align=right| 3
 * align=right| 7.9
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 * align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)
 * align=right| 91,389
 * align=right| 6.2
 * align=right| 1.9
 * align=right| 5
 * align=right| 1
 * align=right| 5.6
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 * align=left | South Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW)
 * align=right| 60,367
 * align=right| 4.1
 * align=right| 1.6
 * align=right| 3
 * align=right| 1
 * align=right| 3.4
 * align=right| 4.1
 * align=right| 1.6
 * align=right| 3
 * align=right| 1
 * align=right| 3.4
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 * align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
 * align=right| 20,066
 * align=right| 1.4
 * align=right| 1.4
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)
 * align=right| 15,121
 * align=right| 1.0
 * align=right| 1.0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
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 * align=left | Others
 * align=right| 19,355
 * align=right| 1.3
 * align=right|
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| 0
 * align=right| ±0
 * align=right| 0
 * }