| Election Name: | 1998 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
| Country: | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Majority Seats: | 36 |
| Election Date: | 27 September 1998 |
| Turnout: | 1,084,611 (79.4%) 6.5% |
| Leader1: | Harald Ringstorff |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 23 seats, 29.5% |
| Seats1: | 27 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 371,885 |
| Percentage1: | 34.3% |
| Swing1: | 4.8% |
| Leader2: | Berndt Seite |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election2: | 30 seats, 37.7% |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 327,948 |
| Percentage2: | 30.2% |
| Swing2: | 7.5% |
| Leader3: | Helmut Holter |
| Party3: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
| Last Election3: | 18 seats, 22.7% |
| Seats3: | 20 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 264,299 |
| Percentage3: | 24.4% |
| Swing3: | 1.7% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Berndt Seite |
| Before Party: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| After Election: | Harald Ringstorff |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
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.
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1994 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Berndt Seite | 37.7% | |||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Harald Ringstorff | 29.5% | |||
| bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | Helmut Holter | 22.7% | |||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | CDU | SPD | PDS | FDP | Grüne | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 state election | data-sort-value="1998-09-27" | 27 Sep 1998 | – | 30.2 | 34.3 | 24.4 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 4.1 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-09-01" | 7–13 Sep 1998 | 1,000 | 30 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-08-26" | 26 Aug 1998 | ? | 28 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="1998-08-08" | 8 Aug 1998 | ? | 28 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-07-21" | 21 Jul 1998 | ? | 26 | 39 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1998-04-08" | 9 Feb–29 Mar 1998 | 904 | 28 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 1994 state election | data-sort-value="1994-10-16" | 16 Oct 1994 | – | 37.7 | 29.5 | 22.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 8.2 |
|-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | 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|-| bgcolor=| | 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|-| bgcolor=| | 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|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | 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|-| bgcolor=| | 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|-| bgcolor=| | 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|-| bgcolor=| | 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|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 5,809| align=right| 1.5| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! 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| |}