| Election Name: | 2000 Schleswig-Holstein state election |
| Country: | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Schleswig-Holstein state election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2005 Schleswig-Holstein state election |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
| Seats For Election: | All 89 seats in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein |
| Majority Seats: | 45 |
| Election Date: | 27 February 2000 |
| Turnout: | 1,464,096 (69.5%) 2.3% |
| Leader1: | Heide Simonis |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 33 seats, 39.8% |
| Seats1: | 41 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 630,728 |
| Percentage1: | 43.1% |
| Swing1: | 3.3% |
| Leader2: | Volker Rühe |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election2: | 30 seats, 37.2% |
| Seats2: | 33 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 515,421 |
| Percentage2: | 35.2% |
| Swing2: | 2.0% |
| Party3: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 111,649 |
| Percentage3: | 7.6% |
| Swing3: | 1.9% |
| Party4: | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Last Election4: | 6 seats, 8.1% |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 91,389 |
| Percentage4: | 6.2% |
| Swing4: | 1.9% |
| Party5: | South Schleswig Voter Federation |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 2.5% |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 60,367 |
| Percentage5: | 4.1% |
| Swing5: | 1.6% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Heide Simonis |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| After Election: | Heide Simonis |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
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.
The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 1996 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Heide Simonis | 39.8% | |||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Volker Rühe | 37.2% | |||
| bgcolor= | Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens | Green politics | 8.1% | ||||
| bgcolor= | FDP | Free Democratic Party | Classical liberalism | 5.7% | ||||
| bgcolor= | SSW | South Schleswig Voters' Association | Danish and Frisian minority interests | 2.5% | ||||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SPD | CDU | Grüne | FDP | SSW | Others | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 state election | data-sort-value="2000-02-27" | 27 Feb 2000 | – | 43.1 | 35.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 7.9 | |
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2000-02-25" | 25 Feb 2000 | ? | 44 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="2000-02-18" | 18 Feb 2000 | ? | 46 | ? | 4 | ? | 4 | ? | ? | |
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2000-02-16" | 16 Feb 2000 | 1,000 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-02-16" | 16 Feb 2000 | 1,000 | 45 | 33 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2000-02-04" | 31 Jan–2 Feb 2000 | 1,003 | 44 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2000-02-02" | 27–31 Jan 2000 | 1,000 | 42 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-02-02" | 24–30 Jan 2000 | 1,000 | 45 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="2000-01-28" | 28 Jan 2000 | ? | 44 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2000-01-26" | 20–24 Jan 2000 | 1,008 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-01-20" | 20 Jan 2000 | 1,001 | 45 | 35 | 5 | 7 | – | 8 | 10 | |
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2000-01-12" | Jan 2000 | 1,000 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2000-01-12" | Jan 2000 | 1,000 | 42 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-12-18" | 18 Dec 1999 | ~1,000 | 40 | 43 | ? | ? | – | ? | 3 | |
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="1999-12-15" | 3–9 Dec 1999 | 1,000 | 41 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-11-05" | 5 Nov 1999 | ? | 37 | 47 | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | 10 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-09-17" | 16 Aug–5 Sep 1999 | 508 | 42 | 45 | 4 | 4 | – | ? | 3 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-03-05" | 5 Mar 1999 | ? | 42 | 41 | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | 1 | |
| Infratest Burke | data-sort-value="1999-01-14" | 14 Jan 1999 | ? | 46 | 36 | 5 | 5 | – | 8 | 10 | |
| 1996 state election | data-sort-value="1996-03-24" | 24 Mar 1996 | – | 39.8 | 37.2 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 2.6 |
|-| 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| |}