Election to the 3rd landtag
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), the first of its kind in Germany on the state level, and SPD leader Harald Ringstorff was elected Minister-President.
Parties.
The table below lists parties represented in the 2nd Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.