It convenes in the state's capital Kiel and currently consists of 69 members of five parties.

The current majority consists of coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Greens, supporting the cabinet of Minister President Daniel Günther.

The Landtag maintains partnerships with the parliament of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Oblast Duma of the Kaliningrad Oblast and the parliament of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Since 1950, the Landtag convenes in the Landeshaus in Kiel, which was built in 1888 as the Royal Marine Academy.

[1] During the Nazi-Era, the Landeshaus served as seat of the German Navy's Baltic Sea Command.