1988 Schleswig-Holstein state election

1988 Schleswig-Holstein state election
8 May 1988
All 74 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout1,566,837 (77.4%)
0.8%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Björn Engholm Heiko Hoffmann
Party SPD CDU SSW
Last election 36 seats, 45.2% 33 seats, 42.6% 1 seat, 1.5%
Seats won 46 27 1
Seat change 10 6 0
Popular vote 857,956 521,264 26,643
Percentage 54.8% 33.3% 1.7%
Swing 9.6% 9.3% 0.2%
Minister-President before election

Henning Schwarz
CDU

 Elected Minister-President

Björn Engholm
SPD

The 1988 Schleswig-Holstein state election was held on 8 May 1988 to elect the members of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. The snap election was called due to the political stalemate that had occurred in the previous state election of 13 September 1987 and also because of the Barschel affair.

The election resulted in SPD winning an absolute majority, so Björn Engholm chose to govern alone without coalition. For the first time in 38 years, CDU had to go into opposition.

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