Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein explained

Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Native Name:German: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Landtag
Session Room:1489-1540 crop-4-Kiel, Landtag, Parlamentssaal, SH.jpg
House Type:Landtag
Leader1 Type:President
Leader1:Kristina Herbst
Party1:CDU
Leader2 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Leader2:Serpil Midyatli
Party2:Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Election2:12 December 2023
Leader3 Type:Vice Presidents
Leader3:Eka von Kalben
Party3:Greens
Election3:7 June 2022
Leader4 Type:
Leader4:Peter Lehnert
Party4:Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
Election4:7 June 2022
Leader5 Type:
Leader5:Beate Raudies
Party5:Social Democratic Party (SPD)
Election5:7 June 2022
Election1:18 May 2022
Leader6 Type:
Leader6:Annabell Krämer
Party6:Free Democratic Party of Germany
Election6:7 June 2022
Leader7 Type:
Leader7:Jette Waldinger-Thiering
Party7:South Schleswig Voters' Association
Election7:7 June 2022
Members:69
Structure1:2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election - composition chart.svg
Structure1 Res:250px
Political Groups1:Government (48)
  • CDU (34)
  • Greens (14)

Opposition (21)

Last Election1:8 May 2022
Meeting Place:Landeshaus, Kiel
Established:11 October 1868
Website:landtag.ltsh.de

The Schleswig-Holstein Landtag is the state parliament of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties. The current majority consists of coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Greens, supporting the cabinet of Minister President Daniel Günther.

The Landtag maintains partnerships with the parliament of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Oblast Duma of the Kaliningrad Oblast and the parliament of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Seat

Since 1950, the Landtag convenes in the Landeshaus in Kiel, which was built in 1888 as the Royal Marine Academy.[1] During the Nazi-Era, the Landeshaus served as seat of the German Navy's Baltic Sea Command. Up to 1950, the Landtag convened in Lübeck, Flensburg and Eckernförde as well as in Kiel. Since its renovation in 2003, the Landtag is assembled in a new Chamber inside of the Landeshaus.

Electoral system

The Landtag is elected via mixed-member proportional representation. 35 members are elected in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting. 34 members are then allocated using compensatory proportional representation. Voters have two votes: the "first vote" for candidates in single-member constituencies, and the "second vote" for party lists, which are used to fill the proportional seats. The minimum size of the Landtag is 69 members, but if overhang seats are present, proportional leveling seats will be added to ensure proportionality. An electoral threshold of 5% of valid votes is applied to the Landtag; parties that fall below this threshold, and fail to win at least one constituency, are ineligible to receive seats. Parties representing the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig and the Frisians, such as the South Schleswig Voters' Association, are exempt from the threshold.[2] However, they are not guaranteed representation, they must still win enough votes to qualify for at least one mandate (with 69 seats, it's 1/69≈1.4% of the vote).

Presidents of the Landtag

So far, the presidents of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein have been:

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landeshaus . 2022-06-23 . www.landtag.ltsh.de.
  2. Web site: Elections. 12 May 2021. Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
  3. Web site: Kristina Herbst ist neue Landtagspräsidentin . 2022-06-09 . www.landtag.ltsh.de.