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The 2026 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election will be held on 20 September 2026 to elect the 9th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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The 2026 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election will be held on 20 September 2026 to elect the 9th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Under the Constitution of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a state election must be held between 58 and 61 months after the start of the legislative period (Article 27, Paragraph 1, Sentence 2). The 8th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was constituted on 26 October 2021. Barring an early dissolution of the parliament, the next election is expected to take place on 20 September 2026, within the permissible window of 30 August to 22 November 2026. [1]
The Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern comprises at least 71 seats, with 36 allocated in single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting and the rest through closed party lists. German citizens aged 16 or older who have resided in the state for at least 37 days are eligible to vote, while those aged 18 or older with at least three months of primary residence in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can stand for election, unless barred by a final court ruling. Seats are distributed using the Hare/Niemeyer method.
The table below lists parties currently represented in the 7th Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
| Name | Ideology | 2021 result | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | Social democracy | 39.6% | 34 / 79 | |
| AfD | Alternative for Germany Alternative für Deutschland | Right-wing populism | 16.7% | 13 / 79 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands | Christian democracy | 13.3% | 13 / 79 | |
| Linke | The Left Die Linke | Democratic socialism | 9.9% | 9 / 79 | |
| Grüne | Alliance 90/The Greens Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | Green politics | 6.3% | 5 / 79 | |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party Freie Demokratische Partei | Classical liberalism | 5.8% | 4 / 79 | |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SPD | AfD | CDU | Linke | Grüne | FDP | BSW | Others | Lead |
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| INSA | 8–15 Apr 2025 | 1,000 | 21 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 5 | – | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Federal election | 23 Feb 2025 | – | 12.4 | 35.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 10.6 | 3.6 | 19 |
| Forsa | 28 Jan–3 Feb 2025 | 1,004 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Infratest dimap | 20–25 Jan 2025 | 1,185 | 22 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| INSA | 18–25 Nov 2024 | 1,000 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 5 | – | 16 | 5 | 6 |
| Infratest dimap | 23–28 Oct 2024 | 1,153 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | – | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| INSA | 16–23 Sep 2024 | 1,000 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 |
| European Parliament election | 9 Jun 2024 | – | 10.3 | 28.3 | 21.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 16.4 | 11.2 | 6 |
| INSA | 27 May–3 Jun 2024 | 1,000 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| Infratest dimap | 2–7 May 2024 | 1,177 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 8 | – | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Forsa | 13 Apr–3 May 2024 | 1,005 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| Forsa | 10–16 Jan 2024 | 1,002 | 21 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 19–28 Oct 2023 | 1,020 | 20 | 35 | 17.5 | 8 | 6.5 | 4 | – | 9 | 15 |
| 20.5 | 25 | 15.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 21 | 6.5 | 4 | |||
| Infratest dimap | 13–16 Sep 2023 | 1,182 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | – | 8 | 9 |
| INSA | 26 Jun–3 Jul 2023 | 1,000 | 27 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | 2 |
| INSA | 3–11 Apr 2023 | 1,000 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | 3 |
| Forsa | 18–23 Jan 2023 | 1,004 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | – | 9 | 6 |
| Infratest dimap | 13–18 Oct 2022 | 1,168 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | – | 8 | 4 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 4–14 Aug 2022 | 1,000 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 5 | – | 8 | 3 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 13–20 Jun 2022 | 1,041 | 33 | 19 | 17.5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | – | 8.5 | 14 |
| Infratest dimap | 1–4 Jun 2022 | 1,081 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | – | 8 | 11 |
| INSA | 25–28 Apr 2022 | 1,018 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 6 | – | 8 | 17 |
| Forsa | 14–18 Mar 2022 | 1,001 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | – | 10 | 18 |
| Wahlkreisprognose | 1–10 Feb 2022 | 1,000 | 30 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 6 | – | 8 | 10 |
| INSA | 31 Jan–7 Feb 2022 | 1,000 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 6 | – | 8 | 19 |
| 2021 state election | 26 Sep 2021 | – | 39.6 | 16.7 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 5.8 | – | 8.4 | 22.9 |
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