@article{2017:knelangen:die_schles,
title = {Die schleswig-holsteinische Landtagswahl vom 7 . Mai 2017: Niederlage der „Küstenkoalition“ und erstmals „Jamaika“ im Norden},
year = {2017},
note = {Apart from some turbulence in the middle of the legislative period,
the “Coastal Coalition”, including the SPD, Bündnis 90/Die
Grünen and the SSW, was able to follow a stable and smooth course .
Results in many previous elections in Schleswig-Holstein were narrow
so that the parties had to expect that even minor changes in public
opinion would be crucial . Nevertheless, the “Coastal Coalition”
began the election campaign as the favorite since the opinion polls
did not signal a change of mood but rather comparatively high
satisfaction with governmental policy . Nevertheless, the CDU asserted
itself not only as the strongest party in the state but also increased
its share of the vote to 32 percent . In contrast, the SPD lost
significantly . Bündnis 90/Die Grünen came close to confirming their
share of the vote, while the FDP achieved the highest gains . The SSW,
the party of the Danish minority, lost votes, whereas the AfD, a new
right-wing populist party, entered the state parliament for the first
time . The course was already set during the evening of the elections
in the direction of a coalition between the CDU, Bündnis 90/Die
Grünen and the FDP - their party colors are: black, green and yellow,
hence “Jamaica” . Daniel Günther was elected as the new
minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein at the end of June 2017 . As
a result, the state is ruled by a governmental majority that
transcends traditional party lines .},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {575--593},
author = {Knelangen, Wilhelm},
volume = {48},
number = {3}
}