The term begins with the first sitting.
Voters determine the composition of the Landtag. The newly elected parliament then holds its first sitting. Under the state constitution, its term starts with that sitting and ends when the next Landtag first meets.
Parliament elects the Minister President. The population does not directly elect the head of government in that same vote. The number required here is the Landtag’s normal term: five years.
The other three answers
None of the other numbers is this Landtag’s normal term.
3
Three years is too short. A possible early election does not make three years the general rule.
4
Four years is incorrect here. Another parliament’s electoral term cannot simply be applied to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
6
Six years is too long. Article 27 specifies five years.
The constitution distinguishes the normal term from a new election.
The Landtag can end its term early: one third of its members must propose it, and two thirds must agree. Article 27 then requires a new election between 60 and 90 days after the resolution. This exception does not change the standard answer of five years.
For a regular new election, the constitution provides a window of 58 to 61 months after the term begins. The study answer therefore does not identify an automatically recurring calendar date or guarantee an individual government member five years in office.
Article 27 · Parliamentary term · Constitution of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ↗M-V: Landtag → five years.
Connect the number with parliament; voting age and government office are separate questions.
Three words for this question
- die Wahlperiodeparliamentary term
- The period of an elected parliament under the constitutional rules.
- der Zusammentrittfirst sitting
- The first meeting of the newly elected Landtag.
- die Zweidrittelmehrheittwo-thirds majority
- At least two thirds of the relevant membership must agree.