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. Opinion polling Election result |- | colspan=8| |- ! colspan="2" | Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- ! Seats % |- | bgcolor=| | 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 |- | bgcolor=| | 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 |- | bgcolor=| | 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 |- | bgcolor=| | 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 |- | bgcolor=| | 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 |- ! colspan=8| |- | bgcolor=| | 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 |- | bgcolor=| | 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 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left | Others | align=right| 19,355 | align=right| 1.3 | align=right| | align=right| 0 | align=right| ±0 | align=right| 0 |- ! 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| |} Sources The Federal Returning Officer Elections in Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein February 2000 events in Europe