The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was conducted on 4 September 2011 to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania). The State Landtag was controlled by a grand coalition of the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union prior to the election.Fifty-two percent of the 1.4 million eligible voters turned-out which is a decrease of 7 percent.