| Election Name: | 2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
| Country: | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Seats For Election: | All 71 seats in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Majority Seats: | 36 |
| Election Date: | 17 September 2006 |
| Turnout: | 818,061 (59.2%) 11.4% |
| Leader1: | Harald Ringstorff |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election1: | 33 seats, 40.6% |
| Seats1: | 23 |
| Seat Change1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 247,312 |
| Percentage1: | 30.2% |
| Swing1: | 10.4% |
| Leader2: | Jürgen Seidel |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Union of Germany |
| Last Election2: | 25 seats, 31.4% |
| Seats2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 235,350 |
| Percentage2: | 28.8% |
| Swing2: | 2.6% |
| Leader3: | Wolfgang Methling |
| Party3: | Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany) |
| Last Election3: | 13 seats, 16.4% |
| Seats3: | 13 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 137,253 |
| Percentage3: | 16.8% |
| Swing3: | 0.4% |
| Leader4: | Michael Roolf |
| Party4: | Free Democratic Party (Germany) |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats, 4.7% |
| Seats4: | 7 |
| Seat Change4: | 7 |
| Popular Vote4: | 78,440 |
| Percentage4: | 9.6% |
| Swing4: | 4.9% |
| Leader5: | Udo Pastörs |
| Party5: | National Democratic Party of Germany |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 0.8% |
| Seats5: | 6 |
| Seat Change5: | 6 |
| Popular Vote5: | 59,845 |
| Percentage5: | 7.3% |
| Swing5: | 6.5% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Minister-President | |
| Before Election: | Harald Ringstorff |
| Before Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| After Election: | Harald Ringstorff |
| After Party: | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
The 2006 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 17 September 2006 to elect the members of the 5th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The incumbent coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) led by Minister-President Harald Ringstorff was returned with a reduced majority. However, the SPD chose not to continue the coalition. They instead formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Ringstorff was subsequently re-elected as Minister-President.
The Far Right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) won 6 seats.
The economy was a major issue throughout the campaign. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's unemployment rate was among the worst in Germany. The possibility of the far-right NPD entering the parliament also became an issue late in the campaign, with all established parties condemning it.
The table below lists parties represented in the 4th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
| Name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2002 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||||
| bgcolor= | SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Social democracy | Harald Ringstorff | 20.6% | |||
| bgcolor= | CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | Christian democracy | Jürgen Seidel | 31.4% | |||
| bgcolor= | PDS | Party of Democratic Socialism | Democratic socialism | Wolfgang Methling | 16.4% | |||
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SPD | CDU | PDS | FDP | Grüne | NPD | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 state election | data-sort-value="2006-09-17" | 17 Sep 2006 | – | 30.2 | 28.8 | 16.8 | 9.6 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 1.4 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2006-09-08" | 5–7 Sep 2006 | 500 | 29 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Forschungsgruppe Wahlen | data-sort-value="2006-09-08" | 4–7 Sep 2006 | 1,116 | 29 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-09-07" | 4–6 Sep 2006 | 1,000 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-09-01" | 27–30 Aug 2006 | 1,000 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2006-08-25" | 22–24 Aug 2006 | 500 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-08-25" | 20–23 Aug 2006 | 1,000 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Forsa | data-sort-value="2006-08-23" | 16–18 Aug 2006 | 1,003 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2006-08-12" | 7–10 Aug 2006 | 500 | 29 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-08-03" | 31 Jul–2 Aug 2006 | 1,000 | 29 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2006-07-24" | 5–12 Jul 2006 | 1,001 | 31 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2006-07-12" | 10–11 Jul 2006 | 1,000 | 31 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2006-06-12" | 19–30 May 2006 | 1,009 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Infratest | data-sort-value="2006-02-22" | November 2005 | 1,000 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2005-09-10" | 5–8 Sep 2005 | 500 | 26 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 4 | – | 5 | 9 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2005-08-29" | 22–25 Aug 2005 | 500 | 22 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 5 | – | 4 | 1 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2005-08-15" | 8–11 Aug 2005 | 500 | 20 | 31 | 34 | 6 | 6 | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2004-09-25" | 25 Sep 2004 | 750 | 28 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Infratest dimap | data-sort-value="2004-06-06" | 1–6 Jun 2004 | 1,003 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | – | 2 | 15 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2004-05-08" | 8 May 2004 | 752 | 28 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 7 | – | 3 | 11 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2003-11-07" | 7 Nov 2003 | 750 | 26 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 6 | – | 3 | 15 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2003-06-21" | 21 Jun 2003 | 750 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | – | 4 | 2 | ||
| Emnid | data-sort-value="2003-03-01" | 1 Mar 2003 | ? | 33 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2002 state election | data-sort-value="2002-09-22" | 22 Sep 2002 | – | 40.6 | 31.4 | 16.4 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 9.2 |
|-|colspan=8 align=center| |-! colspan="2" | Party! Votes! %! +/-! Seats ! +/-! Seats %|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Social Democratic Party (SPD)| align=right| 247,312| align=right| 30.2| align=right| 10.4| align=right| 23| align=right| 10| align=right| 32.4|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Christian Democratic Union (CDU)| align=right| 235,530| align=right| 28.8| align=right| 2.6| align=right| 22| align=right| 3| align=right| 31.0|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)| align=right| 137,253| align=right| 16.8| align=right| 0.4| align=right| 13| align=right| 0| align=right| 18.3|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Free Democratic Party (FDP)| align=right| 78,440| align=right| 9.6| align=right| 4.9| align=right| 7| align=right| 7| align=right| 9.9|-| bgcolor=| | align=left | National Democratic Party (NPD)| align=right| 59,845| align=right| 7.3| align=right| 6.5| align=right| 6| align=right| 6| align=right| 8.5|-! colspan=8||-| bgcolor=| | align=left | Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)| align=right| 27,642| align=right| 3.4| align=right| 0.8| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=orange| | align=left | Family Party (Familie)| align=right| 9,463| align=right| 1.2| align=right| 1.2| align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-| bgcolor=|| align=left | Others| align=right| 22,756| align=right| 2.8| align=right| | align=right| 0| align=right| ±0| align=right| 0|-! align=right colspan=2| Total! align=right| 818,061! align=right| 100.0! align=right| ! align=right| 71! align=right| ±0! align=right| |-! align=right colspan=2| Voter turnout! align=right| ! align=right| 59.2! align=right| 11.4! align=right| ! align=right| ! align=right| |}