The 2011 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 4 September 2011 to elect the members of the 6th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.^[1] The incumbent grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Minister-President Erwin Sellering retained its majority and continued in government.

Quick Facts All 71 seats in the Landtag 36 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

2011 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

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All 71 seats in the Landtag 36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	651,375 (51.5%) 7.7pp
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Erwin Sellering Lorenz Caffier Helmut Holter Party SPD CDU Left Last election 30.2%, 23 seats 28.8%, 22 seats 17.3%, 13 seats[lower-alpha 1] Seats won 27 18 14 Seat change 4 4 1 Popular vote 242,251 156,969 125,528 Percentage 35.6% 23.0% 18.4% Swing 5.4pp 5.8pp 1.1pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   FDP Candidate Silke Gajek Udo Pastörs Gino Leonhard Party Greens NPD FDP Last election 3.4%, 0 seats 7.3%, 6 seats 9.6%, 7 seats Seats won 7 5 0 Seat change 7 1 7 Popular vote 59,004 40,642 18,943 Percentage 8.7% 6.0% 2.8% Swing 5.3pp 1.3pp 6.8pp
Results for the single-member constituencies
Minister-President before election Erwin Sellering SPD Elected Minister-President Erwin Sellering SPD

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The table below lists parties represented in the 5th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) were the clear winners of election with 35.7 percent of the votes. It increased 5.5 percentage points over the last election in 2006. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) support fell by 5.7 percent, ending up with 23.1 percent.^[8] The Free Democratic Party (FDP) got only 2.7 percent of the vote, a massive drop of 6.9 percent compared to the last election, when it received 9.6 percent.^[9] The FDP failed to qualify for the Landtag for the fifth time in the last six state elections.^[10] The FDP Chairman Philipp Rösler claimed responsibility for failing to qualify for the Landtag.^[11] The Green Party reached the 5% minimum and qualified for the first time in Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.^[10] The Greens have now seats in all of Germany's 16 state parliaments.^[9]

The far right National Democratic Party (NPD) won in excess of 30% of the votes in 2 of the districts in this election and 26% to 29% in some communities near Anklam and Torgelow.^[12] In Koblentz, the NPD finished 15% higher than the CDU and the SPD.^[12] Leaders of some of the parties have come out and stated their opposition and shock at the success of the NPD. Rösler also stated that "it is shocking that the radical right-wing NPD has received twice as many votes as the FDP".^[11] SPD leader Erwin Sellering wasn't happy about the NPD re-entering the Landtag and stated "It’s a shame that they’ve made it in again and very regrettable".^[13]

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Summary of the 4 September 2011 election results for the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Party		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats %
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	242,251	35.6	5.4	27	4	38.0
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)	156,969	23.0	5.8	18	4	25.4
	The Left (DIE LINKE)	125,528	18.4	1.1[lower-alpha 3]	14	1[lower-alpha 4]	19.7
	Alliance 90/The Greens (GRÜNE)	59,004	8.7	5.3	7	7	9.9
	National Democratic Party (NPD)	40,642	6.0	1.3	5	1	7.0
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)	18,943	2.8	6.8	0	7	0
	Pirate Party Germany (PIRATEN)	12,727	1.9	1.9	0	0	0
	Family Party (FAMILIE)	10,538	1.5	0.3	0	0	0
	Other parties	14,773	2.2	0.6	0	0	0
Total		681,375	100.0		71	0
Voter turnout			51.5	7.7

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