2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election

North Rhine-Westphalia state election

14 May 2017
All 181 seats of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hannelore Kraft Armin Laschet Sylvia Löhrmann Party SPD CDU Greens Last election 99 seats, 39.1% 67 seats, 26.3% 29 seats, 11.3% Seats before 98 seats 68 seats 29 seats   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   File:Özlem Christian 02.jpg Leader Christian Lindner Michele Marsching Özlem Demirel & Christian Leye Party FDP Pirates Left Last election 22 seats, 8.6% 20 seats, 7.8% no seats, 2.5% Seats before 22 seats 17 seats 1 seat   Seventh party   Leader Marcus Pretzell Party AfD Last election did not exist Seats before no seats
Minister-President before election Hannelore Kraft SPD Elected Minister-President TBD

The North Rhine-Westphalia state election is an election to be held on 14 May 2017, to elect members to the Landtag (state legislature) of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The incumbent government at the election is the SPD –Green administration of Minister President Hannelore Kraft. The main opposition consists of the CDU, led by Armin Laschet since 2014, and the FDP led by Christian Lindner.

Opinion polls

Poll source	Publication date	SPD	CDU	Greens	FDP	Pirates	The Left	AfD	Other
Forsa	28 April 2017	35%	29%	6%	12%	–	6%	7%	5%
YouGov	25 April 2017	36%	27%	6%	7%	2%	8%	11%	3%
Infratest dimap	23 April 2017	34%	34%	6%	10%	–	5%	8%	3%
INSA	11 April 2017	37%	28%	6%	10%	–	5%	10%	4%
Infratest dimap	19 March 2017	37%	30%	6%	9%	–	5%	9%	4%
Forsa	15 March 2017	40%	26%	6%	11%	–	5%	7%	5%
INSA	5 March 2017	38%	27%	7%	10%	–	4%	11%	3%
Infratest dimap	19 February 2017	37%	30%	7%	7%	–	6%	10%	3%
Forschungsgruppe Wahlen	10 February 2017	36%	32%	7%	8%	–	5%	9%	3%
YouGov	27 January 2017	31%	31%	11%	7%	1%	5%	12%	2%
Emnid	21 January 2017	32%	30%	10%	8%	–	7%	10%	3%
Infratest dimap	30 October 2016	32%	32%	12%	7%	–	5%	9%	3%
YouGov	15 September 2016	34%	28%	10%	9%	–	5%	11%	3%
Mentefactum	11 September 2016	31%	27%	11%	8%	–	5%	13%	3%
Infratest dimap	22 May 2016	31%	31%	10%	8%	–	6%	12%	2%
INSA	29 April 2016	29%	32%	13%	7.5%	–	5.5%	9%	4%
Infratest dimap	21 February 2016	31%	33%	9%	7%	–	7%	10%	3%
Infratest dimap	13 December 2015	34%	35%	10%	6%	–	5%	5%	5%
Forsa	2 December 2015	39%	29%	10%	7%	2%	5%	4%	4%
YouGov	26 November 2015	34%	30%	11%	5%	1%	5%	9%	5%
Infratest dimap	7 September 2015	34%	36%	11%	5%	–	6%	3%	5%
Infratest dimap	21 June 2015	36%	35%	10%	6%	1%	5%	4%	3%
Forsa	2 June 2015	36%	32%	11%	9%	–	4%	3%	5%
INSA	27 May 2015	34%	38%	12%	6%	1%	6%	2%	1%
YouGov	18 December 2014	34%	35%	12%	4%	2%	4%	7%	2%
Infratest dimap	7 December 2014	35%	36%	10%	5%	1%	5%	5%	3%
Forsa	14 November 2014	36%	33%	10%	4%	2%	5%	6%	–
Forsa	2 September 2014	39%	32%	10%	5%	3%	4%	4%	–
Infratest dimap	11 May 2014	37%	36%	10%	5%	2%	5%	3%	2%
YouGov	11 December 2013	38%	34%	10%	4%	–	5%	–	–
Infratest dimap	8 December 2013	37%	38%	8%	4%	3%	5%	3%	2%
Infratest dimap	19 September 2013	38%	35%	11%	4%	2%	4%	–	–
Infratest dimap	7 September 2013	40%	36%	9%	4%	3%	4%	2%	2%
Infratest dimap	26 May 2013	39%	35%	14%	4%	2%	3%	–	3%
YouGov	25 April 2013	42%	31%	12%	6%	2%	3%	–	4%
Infratest dimap	16 December 2012	40%	32%	12%	5%	4%	4%	–	3%
YouGov	27 September 2012	39%	30%	13%	5%	5%	4%	–	4%
YouGov	13 June 2012	38%	29%	12%	7%	7%	3%	–	–
2012 election	13 May 2012	39.1%	26.3%	11.3%	8.6%	7.8%	2.5%		4.4%

Leadership polls
Poll source	Publication date	Hannelore Kraft (SPD)	Armin Laschet (CDU)
YouGov	27 January 2017	46%	16%
Mentefactum	11 September 2016	55%	30%
Infratest dimap	22 May 2016	58%	28%
Infratest dimap	13 December 2015	61%	21%
Forsa	2 December 2015	63%	18%
YouGov	26 November 2015	50%	15%
Infratest dimap	21 June 2015	64%	17%
YouGov	18 December 2014	48%	19%
Infratest dimap	7 December 2014	59%	18%
Infratest dimap	11 May 2014	61%	18%